The auto meter indication in the finder is completely independent of the
actual exposure. One can be completely off while the other is dead on. If
manual meter is off, then auto needle is off same amount. It does not carry
over to actual exposure, though actual exposure could be off more or in the
other direction.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <P2CON@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 3:56 PM
Subject: [OM] OM2n Meter Calibration Question
| I have a question for those of you that are not as meter-challenged as I
am.
| On the OM2/2n and others that have 2 metering systems, (manual and auto),
is
| an error displayed by the manual CDS metering system also carried through
to
| the Auto silicon blue sensors? In other words if I check the manual meter
| against a handheld standard and see the camera is one-stop off, can I
expect
| the auto metering to also be one-stop off? I have checked the FAQ's but
did
| not see any discussion of this.
|
| I thought this was the case but in my brief experience, (one roll of slide
| film shot on auto), with a camera set to accomodate a one-stop error of
the
| manual meter by setting the ASA dial to a film speed one-stop slower than
the
| film, all the slides came out looking very much overexposed. Previous use
of
| the camera set this way with color negative film produced very
satisfactory
| results. Perhaps this was because of the wide latitude of the film and
| printing corrections. Anyone know the answer?
|
| TIA and regards, Paul Connet
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