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Subject: [OM] Re: shift lens usage question
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:33:22 -0000
I believe that the "warning" refers to average metering because there is a
risk that the light cone from the shifted lens will not intersect with the
metering sensors in the way they were designed to meter - and thus they
won't properly register the scene brightness.  That means the viewfinder
indication _and exposure_ may be wrong in OM-1, while only the viewfinder
information may be wrong on the cameras with OTF metering. Note, it only
says the viewfinder information is subject to the caveat, so I believe you
are safe to use spot metering.  I believe I am also safe!

Glad to hear you got one so soon, hope you got a discount on the mortgage!

--
Piers 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: James Michael King [mailto:jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 27 January 2005 19:06
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] shift lens usage question



I have just made the next step in zuikoholism... 24mm shift. (Damn I am not
getting better even though I admit I have a problem...)

However, I have a question about using it...

The instruction "manual" - well sheet says that "the viewfinder shows
correct exposure indications only when the lens is not shifted.

I take it that with otf metering the camera will take correctly exposed
pictures in auto even with the lens shifted and that I should simply ignore
what the metering says when the lens is shifted. But what about spot
metering?

Does this mean that if I want to spot meter with my 4ti I have to spot meter
with the lens unshifted and not stoped down, then attach it to the tripod
compose the shot and stop down? or?????

regards
James

so it look like (for me) the levels of addiction are
om2
om3
om4ti
80mm macro and T10 and twin t28s
80-200 tamron LD
24mm shift
whats next? 35mm shift too?



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