Albert
I have an OM-10 and this worked well for me as you said with print
(negative) film. Once I went into using slide film, I just found for the
types of images I was taking, low light and contrasty scenes, that the OM-10
just did not cut it. I just love the OM-4 and cant sing its praises high
enough. The multi spot metering is a god send and to be able to take low
light exposures up to 4 min just kills anything else out there on the
market. I also have an EOS 50 now and its great for snap shots and for
shooting weddings... but I have taken 1 roll of slide film through it, and I
can tell you now...and especially for low light photography, it still is not
100% accurate. Its very good but cant compete with getting the precise
exposure like you can with the OM-4
I will be getting a slide scanner soon and I will be posting a link to some
of the amazing images I have been able to create now with the OM-4 and
creative filters.
Cheers Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] I might jump off the OM ship..
> At 02:27 PM 8/20/2003 +0800, Albert wrote:
> >Well,
> >
> >I am unhappy with the meter in my Om1n. My composition is what it is,
but
> >I'd like a little bit more help from the meter as far as exposure..
>
> WHat happens to the sharpness issue and the wish to get a MF :-) ?
>
> The answer is neither. At least, not yet. Albert, unless your OM1's meter
> is totally whacked, I think what you need to do is to understand the
> metering system, Certainly, to use the OM3/4 multi-spot system, it
requires
> more thinking, not less. And giving up to rely on some programmed system
> altogether is.... well, unwise.
>
> So what do I mean? First of all, understand what "correct" exposure means
> for that meter. It means the meter sees an 18 0ray in its metering
> patterns. Second, what is the metering area and pattern?
>
> Knowing those two things, and being able to tell how far off a metered
> scene is from the 18 0ray, you will then have no exposure problem.
>
> Honest.
>
> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
> <http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo>
>
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