I don't know how he knew the auto exposure was off. I assumed he had
measured it with a tester as he was quite specific about the auto mode
being off by two stops throughout the range; ie, it was within the range
of adjustment with the exposure compensation dial. Note that it's the
auto exposure that's off. Presumably, the needle reading is correct
since the manual readings and shutter speeds were claimed to be
accurate.
If this was (as you and others assumed) Cambridge Camera in NYC I
wouldn't have believed a single word of it. The shop in question,
however, is Ferrante-Dege in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachussets
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:32:07 -0400
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2 Slow Exposures
>If the cameras got alkaline batteries installed or a lithium, meter may be
>off by 2 stops, but auto will be okay. Expect lockup with alkaline/lithium
>cells. Since most people should print film, how would Cambridge know if
>actual auto exposure is off or are they just referring to the needle
>position?
>John
>> I was looking at an OM-2n the other day in a Cambridge
>> shop with apparently the same problem. Manual exposure was claimed to
>> be correct and autoexposure off by 2 stops ( don't recall which way).
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