What you're missing is that
1. not all exposures are OTF.
Some are
- spot metered with OM-2s, -3x, 4x
- manual metered with OM-1...4
2. some people like to know the approx shutter speed. Not a
convenience, but a necessity, spot or ...
Tom
> Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 21:33:54 -0700
> From: Jan Steinman <jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] how full-aperture metering works -- part 2
>
...
> >It is the position
> >of the aperture pin that makes the compensation.
>
> The position makes no "compensation" except as a convenience to the user,
> by changing the meter reading that is visible.
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something, and we're actually in "heated agreement"
> here? :-)
>
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> : 19280 Rydman Court, West Linn, OR 97068-1331 USA
> : +1.503.635.3229
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