As mentioned, the meter should move smoothly, and be accurate without
tapping. Your problem sounds like a bad meter ground or bad contact
between the meter case and the housing it turns in. There are 2 types of
housings, plastic and metal. Both have their own sets of problems.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Boris Grigorov" <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: [OM] OM1 metering
I am not happy.
Got my pics from a recent camping trip and some of them do not look good. I
think I need your trusted opinions on how the meter operates on the OM1.
I use the tripod religiously. So I put the camera on it, turn on the
lightmeter, focus and.tap gently the top plate of the camera. The light
reading changes ( the needle moves) by at least half a stop.
Now about the pictures in question:
I took a series of three pictures of my son trying to cut wood with an axe.
The motion of his hands were supposed to be blurred, so I set the shutter
speed at either 1/8 or 1/15. When this particular pics came back, they had
an yellowish cast as if I had an yellow filter in front (do not ask me how I
know how color pics shot through yellow filter look, I just know from
experience, trust me, a first hand experience I promised myself I would
never talk about.). Looking at the film I think they are slightly
unexposed. I know that when you underexpose the Fuji Superia 400, the
colors get muddy, but I always set my film speed at 320. Also looking at
the other pictures, I notice the following trend: If the pictures were taken
in bright light conditions, they were OK, but I know that when it comes to
speeds of 1/30 and lower, the pics look like they have been underexposed.
Of course they came to me fine, but this is the work in the lab. I have
taken enough pictures under mixed conditions with this film and know how the
underexposed areas look like. These pics look the same (meaning the colors
are muddy and the graininess increased).
I know what your first question would be: did you have it converted, yes,
the camera meter was dead and when It was fixed, it got converted. After it
came back, I ran a slide film through it, but the conditions were not
various and I am sure that the lowest speed I used was 1/60. I also think
that the needle deviates more now. To be fair, it exhibited the same
behavior before the meter died, but the deviation was within 1/3 of a stop.
So what do you think? Has my meter become like the meter on the OMPC? You
can't trust it in low light conditions?
I am not happy, might switch to MF.Boris
P.S. If I managed to offend you with this email, contact me off list
please, I will send you the "Disclaimer".
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