Re: [OM] OM4 and the exposure compensation dial

[Mark Dapoz]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Wright, Steve (Darlington) wrote:

> Having set the film speed to, say, 100 ASA, you take a frame, then take
> subsequent frames with + 1, then + 2 stops compensation.  You then look at
> the ASA indicator and it now reads 400 ASA - or anything other than 100
> ASA!! 

Yup, that's a problem with the original OM-4/OM-3 ASA dial.  They improved
the design in the OM-4Ti/OM-3Ti so it doesn't happen as often.  You can
adapt the new ASA dial to the old bodies if you really want but you need to
change a lot parts.  It's probably not worth it.
                                -mark


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