The sensors for metering in the OM1 are near the focusing screen and
like all cameras with that design eyepiece light affects the metering.
You should use a rubber eyepiece shade. And make sure the light is
blocked when on a tripod.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Mar 16, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Der Eiserne Reiter wrote:
> All,
>
> a small question that I wanted to ask for a while: On my work-horse,
> an OM1, the light-meter is sensitive to the light entering the
> eye piece. In other words, when my eye gets closer to the ocular,
> the light meter will react, going down by about 1 stop when the ocular
> is
> covered. The camera is in very good shape, and was claimed to have
> been CLA'ed when I bought it on the bay about 2 years ago.
>
> Is this normal ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roland.
>
>
>
>
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