There are definately meter issues when you do this. I was under the
impression, from previous threads, that it differed a bit by focal length,
but I've not done it, so I can't say for sure.
You would have to compensate for it.
Tom
> OK...
>
> If you modify a '2' series screen, like the 2-13, to fit an earlier OM
like
> the 1(n) or 2(n), does the brighter viewfinder image affect the light
meter?
> An OM-4 reads light from behing the mirror, right? But earlier OM's use
a
> pair of CDS cells on either side of the eyepiece for center weighted
> metering.
> Without going to a '2' series screen, the brightest I can get is the
> 1-12 which I use for macro. The brighter 2's would be better, wouldn't
> they? Is it worth going to all the trouble of getting one & modifying it?
>
> Thanks,
> -Mike
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