That's less light than I normally encounter although I'll admit that both
OM-PCs I've had (and liked!) underexposed in low light. I haven't had one
given the CLA treatment though......
Thanks for the input. I'll stick with the OM-4 for the low light / spot
meter ability, of course.
Lama
From: "dreammoose" <dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> the camera for this job in practice. I just tried it out on 4* of them
> in my rather dim (when I'm working on the computer) study. I don't think
> the meter is really that great for high speed film in low light. At
> f1.8, with 400 speed set, the meter smoothly moves from 1/15 through
> 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 to 1/Longer. With 800 speed set, it jumps between 1/8 and
> 1/L without taking any intermediate steps. The actual Auto exposure will
> likely be correct, and you can use manual, but you don't have any idea
> what the actual exposure will/should be. At f2.8, they only skip 1/2
> sec. Works the same with a 50/1.4 at 1/4.
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