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Re: FW: [OM] Manual vs Auto Mode?

Subject: Re: FW: [OM] Manual vs Auto Mode?
From: Soenke Jansen <SoJa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:33:42 +0200
Inquisitively ONLYOLYBW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> I would like to do a little survey.
> I have been wondering what metering mode we OLY users use our cameras in,
> Auto, Manual, Spot meter and what 0f the time?  And possibly Why?  I would
> try and keep a record for the next few weeks.  The outcome may be interesting.
> BW

Hi BW,
before I fitted the 2-4 screen into my OM-2 it used to be something like
30% manual
30% auto without correction
40% auto with correction

now it's around
5% manual
35% auto without correction
60% auto with correction.

I'm using zoom lenses most of the time (slides aren't easily cropped),
so metering most often works like this:
select an aperture, zoom in, take a reading, zoom out to the desired
frame, turn correction dial to adjust for the first reading (plus some
guesstimated additional correction), take picture.
This takes a little long, but actually it is some form of
spot-measurement with an oversized spot (wouldn't mind a real one
though).
If I'm uncertain or it's possibly a keeper I bracket with +/- 2/3 stop.
Hope this helps,
Soenke, Hamburg

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