Yes, that is a common factory defect that many people don't know about.
Nothing can be done about it. It is common to the OM-3, 4, 4T, 4Ti.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:31 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: CLA
> on 26/04/2004 12:17, jamesfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx at jamesfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
>
> > (that is 1/125th sec @ f/16 in my case). I checked the
> > exposure with another camera and the same lens and came up exactly with
> > this EV, but my OM4Ti reads 1/60th sec @ f/16.
>
> This reminds me of a post sent on Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:10:34 +0200.
> During those days I was offlist and was surprised to find it at the
website.
> It doesn't concern me directly since I won't ever own a 4 because it is
not
> serviceable in my country.
> But I'm amazed to find in this post extensive documented data on spot
> metering vs. CW metering on the same recently CLA'd 4 body - CW was
> consistent though a large array of lenses but spot was offset by different
> values on different lenses, reading the same eavenly lit surface. It was a
> significant offset and showed on slides, more obviously when using lenses
> that caused a more significant offset.
> The thread didn't last long, and John commented '...get used to it...'.
> Is this a characteristic metering behaviour of the 4(T-Ti) and 2SP, or is
it
> that when behaving this way it is imposible to adjust/repair (circuit?)
> What about the 3 (T-Ti) ?
> Or is it due to each lens design, or the way it tells its aperture to the
> body ?
>
> As another listee used to state: "inquiring minds want to know".
>
> Fernando
>
> Fernando.
>
>
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