My experience too. Most 1/1N bodies I check have meters that are easily
within 1/2 stop. Any bodies that were way off had the alkaline 1.55V 625A
or 625U batteries in them.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 1:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Re: meters
> I have over ten OM bodies, except a 4Ti all are very old and more than
> 5 years without CLA, I found they are very accurate (for slide and
> shutter speed test). Only two or three OM1ns I bought from ebay has
> slower shutter at high speed (1/500s and 1/1000s) and it was less than
> 1/2 stop, I never seen OM body give underexposure. OK, I have one 4Ti
> that back from shutter adjustment has speed of 0.2 stop faster if it
> count.
>
> On the other hand, beware of the "center weight" metering in OM, they
> are easily under in backlight situation. Any strong light source even
> a spot at the edge of your view will cause severe under exposure.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
> >
> > Every OM I've ever owned that was more than 5 years old underexposed
like crazy. I'd bet that it needs to be tuned.
> > Lama
> >
> > >I have just owned an OM4t for three months and I
> > > am still feeling my way to know what exactly to meter in a picture. I
have
> > > ended up many times with underexposed pictures! Then now I realize I
am
> > > faster to just bracket +1 in sunlit high contrast scenes when I am in
a
> > > hurry. I used to do better with my OM2Sp <edited>
> >
>
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