But earlier on the list, some have mentioned that the exposure error
differs with the focal length. Check the archives.
tOM
On Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 1:12, dreammoose
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Beattie screens?" saying:
> The Oly 2 series screens are cheaper than the Beatties and will work
> better with the 28mm and wider lenses. Both brands add the same amount
> of brightness and will throw off the meter in your OM-1n by the same
> amount. Beattie doesn't really tell you clearly and directly about the
> metering problem and makes the screens so they will fit in any single
> digit OM. Oly makes the tab on the 2 series wider than the 1 series
> screens, so they won't fit the OMs where they would affect the meter.
> The tab needs to be sanded, filed or Dremeled down to fit the OM-1n.
> Beattie makes only all matte or split image in the center screens while
> Oly only makes an all matte and one like the 1-13, split image center,
> microprism ring, surrounded by matte.
>
> The meter error can be adjusted out by a camera repair person and would
> ordinarily be corrrected as part of a CLA.
>
> Moose
>
> Wayne Harridge wrote:
>
> >>Albert <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>Does it mess up the metering at all? It says for OM 1-4.. So I'm
> >>curious if it still gives an accurate metering; on the OM1's (I have
> >>an
> >>OM1n)
> >>
> >
> >If it's 2 stops brighter it is going to have a major effect on the metering
> >of the OM-1
> >(n) and the manual mode of the OM-2(n) as the meter cells read from above
> >the
> >screen. OM-4(T(i)), OM-2S(p), OM-3(T(i)) will be ok.--
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