Sure.
When you press the "spot" button, the OM3/4 takes a reading of what's
showing in the central circle & an exposure diamond under the shutter
speed scale stays on. Move the camera & a new diamond dances around.
Press the spot meter again, up to 7 more times, and the camera sets a
diamond & averages all the spots chosen. After the 8th press, the first
reading is discarded from the mix. The camera retains the last 8
readings when more presses of the "spot" button are made.
So if you want your film to capture both the hilites & the shadows,
choose spots from each & the exposure will be midway between.
The only problem is that the spot is often too big to be restricted to
pure shadow or hilite.
Tom
--- Original Message ---
Date sent: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 08:33:13
From: Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> At 08:49 AM 9/8/99 +0100, you wrote:
...
> Could someone explain multi-spot metering to me? Or, could someone point me
> to a web site that has all the technical details of the OM-4?
>
> Be seeing you.
>
> Dirk Wright
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