The OM-2S was all I ever needed in a camera until I contemplated a trip
to the slot canyons of the Colorado plateau. With slow slide film I was
contemplating shots well over 30 seconds, sometimes three times that.
And I figured I'd need a spot meter (which I did). I bought my first
OM-4T for one thing only: to hold a single spot reading in memory using
auto mode. Now that is really, truly useful. I have loved the OM-4(x)
ever since.
I took pains to learn to use multi-spot but don't use it very much. I
haven't found it to be more accurate than the straight CW meter reading
OTF in most common situations. I had thought it might give me such
accuracy that I would no longer have to bracket with slide film. It's
useful in tricky, back- or side-lighting, but with slides I think one
needs to bracket, which I do whether using CW or multi readings, and
with prints it probably doesn't matter. Multi-spot yada yada yada is
overkill with modern color print film IMHO (not that I don't still use
it -- I definitely use it with BW).
I've never used the shadow button, but I have used hi-lite. If you live
where there is snow, you might find a use for it. Warren Kato once
posted that he put his OM-2S at +2 exp comp and shot using spot readings
on highlights. That's how to imitate the hilite behavior using an
OM-2S. Never tried that though.
Joel W.
> I do like the spot button of the OM-4/OM-4Ti (I rarely use a winder).
> What I don't like is the "Hilite" and "Shadow" buttons, which IMO are
> mostly useless. I far prefer using the compensation dial and adjust
> exactly the compensation that I need. I think these 2 buttons remove
> something to the "elegance" of the OM-4.
>
> No heresy here, just a tiny theologic argument;-)
> But I do believe in the one and only OM-4Ti.
>
> Bernard
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