This is true.....use the eye cup to stop this problem (keep your eye
tight against the eye cup).
--- Paul Van Gossum <pva@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From my personal experience I know the OM-1 meter is strongly
> influenced by
> light entering from the viewer (up to 2 stops).
> If the lens is slow, the amouth of light from the lens is less,
> while the
> amount of light from the viewer stays the same, making the error
> more
> visible (pictures are more underexposed).
>
> Makes sense?
>
> Paul.
>
> - - --- "Grigorov, Boris" <BGrigorov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I heard that the zoom lenses throw off the meters on the earlier
> OM's.
> > Can someone explain this to me? Why does it happen and how many
> > f-stops the
> > error is? Is there a scheme to eliminate the problem?
> > Many thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > Boris Grigorov
> >
> > Avionics System Engineer
> > RAH-66 Comanche
> >
> > Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
> >
> > 6900 MainStreet*P.O.Box 9729
> > Stratford, Connecticut 06615-9129
> > Mail Stop: 361A
> > Tel: 203.386.4796*Fax:203.386.3045
> > http://www.sikorsky.com
>
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