Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies

Subject: Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies
From: "Walters, Martin" <Martin.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:56:28 +0000
I thought that when the OMs actually read off the film in auto mode (at slow 
speeds), the metering is average as film doesn't have the c-w pattern seen on 
the shutter curtain.  

Martin 
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 6:37 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies

Only the oldest OM-2 with center-weighted curtains will do that in auto.

___________________________________
John Hermanson  |   CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121  |  www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html

On 6/14/2012 10:44 PM, Ch Zhou wrote:
> Really? I thought all OM bodies are center-weighted.
>
> EDB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-bounces+perimeterbow=163.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:olympus-bounces+perimeterbow=163.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Fernando Gonzalez Gentile
> Sent: June 12, 2012 8:04 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies
>
> Yes, it is.
>
> The OM 2n on Auto mode - OTF reading is average, not center-weighted.
> Should I've had a 2s, 4, 4Ti or perhaps having switched the 2n to 
> Manual mode, exposure would have shifted to the shadows a little bit.
> At the risk of burning the setting Sun too much, or blurring the shot.
> This sort of 'shooting into the Sun' sunset photographs have made me 
> wonder if an average reading is, counter intuitively, more appropriate 
> than a center-weighted reading. Just because it's the way we humans 
> are blinded when looking at a sunset.
>
> Certainly, I'll try to lift the shadows in PS - good idea, Ken. Thanks 
> a lot. Despite this scan matches the Ektachrome quite right (it's not 
> the same scan I uploaded to fb, made another one after I saw too much 
> magenta there), the Coolscan picked up some detail buried in the 
> buildings 'round Piazza San Marco. Worth a trial !
>
> Fernando.
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Ken Norton<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> It's just a hint on the dark side, but I really like this picture.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Norton
>> ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.zone-10.com
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
>

--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/

-- 
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz