I have read somewhere that the 'old' OM-2 pattern supposedly handled backlit
subjects better than the newer 'average' pattern does due to its concentration
of the dot pattern horizontally across the muddle of the shutter curtain.
George S.
. cjss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Hola, Fernando; hi, all ;-)
>
> >I found plain 2 tends to noticeably underexpose backlit subjects on auto
> >mode
> [snip]
> >Maybe the 2N behaves better, I don't know. I prefer the plain 2, though I
> >may be wrong.
>
> Maybe there's a difference between both types of curtains on the OM-2...
> Not sure if the OM-2n will behave in a different way. At such backlit
> subjects, I dial some compensation or (often) switch to manual. I own an
> old-pattern OM-2 and a couple of OM-2n; don't recall such differences.
>
> Why do you prefer the plain OM-2 versus the 2n? I like the 2n because of:
>
> -the smoother profile of the wind lever.
> -its better very-low-light metering (longer exposures with high speed
> films, which I frequently use)
> -the 1/60 limit when underexposure of the TTL-flash.
>
> All the best,
>
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