Testing on a shutter/exposure tester usually reveals that camera meters and
actual exposures are much closer than the ear can tell.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Crabtree <crabtree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 3:26 AM
Subject: [OM] Om2sp problems, ext. tube ?'s
> Thanks to all who visited my web site and for the kind comments.
>
> I have two OM questions,
>
> 1) I recently purchased a used OM2sp. It works just fine in terms of
> exposure, but the shutter speed indicator in the viewfinder is way off.
It
> seems to indicate a shutter speed that is several stops too slow(often
> 1/2 -1/15 second when I know that it should be 1/60 or more), but the
actual
> speed when I click the shutter is apparently accurate since the exposures
> are dead on when I process the slides. PLEASE tell me this is not a fatal
> and unfixable board defect!!!! The camera works great, but I never really
> know what my real shutter speed is unless I have another body near by to
> meter with.
>
> 2) I need to make 35mm slides of 6x7 transparencies to fit in my scanner.
I
> do not have any OM extension tubes or bellows, but do have a 50mm 1.4,
28mm
> 2.8 and 100mm 2.8 OM lenses. My question is what extension tube(s) and
what
> lens should I use to create 35mm slides from the 6x7 transparencies? I
plan
> to mount the setup on a tripod and shoot using the light from my light
table
> shining through the 6x7 slides.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ron Crabtree
> Santa Fe, NM
>
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