*^%$&$&$&
Now you tell me? The super-duty multi-spot light meter in the OM-4 is
UNRELIABLE with a third of my lenses?
When I need a spot meter the most, I'm using a 24mm lens aimed directly at
the horizon to avoid a distortion. I guess my procedure now should be to
meter with a 50mm lens and shoot in MANUAL EXPOSURE MODE, or use the
reliable center-weighted meter and BRACKET FOR THE CORRECTION needed for the
lighter-than-grey sky. In this situation the OM-2 was not only more
reliable but also easier to read.
*^%$&$&$&
Mama, I have to sit down. I'm gettin' the vapors again..... I "tells" ya,
that N80 is beginning to grow on me. Although I'll bet that the same
Physics applies to all spot meters looking through sub-mirrors. Or does the
Nikon world have superior physical Laws? I could see how it would fail if
the spot sensor was way off-center but the spot in smack in the middle of
the middle. What the hell?
Lama
First, it was the slip-on hood for my first Zuiko. The aluminum tensioning
bolt (with the cross section of a knitting needle) broke the third time I
brush my coat sleeve against it. Then it was the removable flash shoe.
Then......
From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Olympus told its repairmen,
>>>>>
We were warned that, due to the optical characteristics of unusually wide
angle lenses, the reading in "Spot" mode would vary, and there was no means
to correct for that -- end of discussion. I was able to pry out of the
trainer that it had to do with the angles at which light exited the rear of
wide angle lenses, reflecting off the sub-mirror, thence into the SbC array.
>>>>
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