Frank, your idea gets my vote! I have always noticed some differences in my
OM4, but I never minded because my exposures have always been spot-on.
But I reckon that the camera is smart and that we should let it be smart
without asking it why ;-) When I first read Franz Pangerl's book (The World
of OM Systems) back in 1979 and yearned for an OM-2, I realised that Olympus
had stolen the march on other manufacturers with their metering. I know that
this opinion is a little trusting and vague (I'm a pilot, not an engineer,
Sunil), but everything seems to work without my knowing how, exactly...
Chris
Frank van Lindert wrote:
> I don't know if this could be a clue to the solution of the problem,
> but I have a thought on this.
>
> The memory function of the OM-4T serves the purpose of repeating the
> same exposure that was made before.
> There are two metering circuits in the camera, one ( active before
> exposure) giving an indication in the viewfinder display of what
> exposure time will be used and the second (activated during exposure)
> for the 'real' exposure time measured off the film.
> Of course it is the second measurement that you want to be memorized
> for repating an exposure that has been made.
>
> Is it possible that the viewfinder display circuit is intelligent
> enough to show (when in memory mode) the values of the exposure that
> has just been made rather than repeating the earlier estimate from
> before exposure?
>
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