Yes, K is right. You can have several spots in memory, but when you press the
hilite button, the LCD dashes dance up to the brightest spot, then dance back to
open up 2 stops from there.
I previously said it opened up from the average of all spots. Sorry, I was
wrong.
george
Kennedy wrote:
> In article , Bryant Wetzel <ardvarrk@xxxxxxxx> writes
> >Greg,
> > The OM-4 book says the following:
> >
> > If you want to render white objects in White you select SPOT while
> >pointing the camera at the object you want to be white and press the
> >HI.LiGHT button. Then take the picture.
> >
> > If you want to render black objects in Black you select SPOT while
> >pointing the camera at the object you want to be Black and press the SHADOW
> >button. Then take the picture.
> >
> > If you want to take multiple spot readings and then press the HI.LIGHT
> >or
> >SHADOW buttons you can. But all you do is introduce an exposure factor to
> >the setup.
> >
> >
> If you have selected multiple spots and then press HiLight or Shadow the
> exposure is determined by the brightest or darkest spot in memory
> accordingly. It is NOT an exposure factor over the average of all of
> the spot readings in memory, but on the two extreme spots in memory.
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