RE: [OM] urban legends #2435 & #3528

[Winsor Crosby]

Are you sure about that?  That would be true with a hand held meter 
perhaps.  But since the manual meter of the camera measures light 
coming through the lens it should not matter  whether the lens is 
shifted or not to get an accurate setting.
Winsor

> Not true.  When manually metering, the exposure will be off if the lens
> is shifted, however an AUTO/OTF exposure will be correct.  Refer to the
> shift lens manuals.
>
> <snip>
>
> Someone recently remarked that you won't get an accurate exposure
> reading when a shift lens is off-center.
>
> Hel-lo?
>
> Unless the lens has severe edge fall-off (which shift lenses are
> designed _not_ to have), there is no difference in metering with the
> lens centered or moved all the way over. What matters is _what_ you
> meter, not the part of the field it's in.
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