This is probably a stupid question, but:
- which metering mode are you using?
Regards,
Joao T. da Costa
At 4:11 PM -0600 1/23/06, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>I'm happy to say that I have ordered what will be my second DZ lens
>once it has arrived, the DZ 50-200. I'm wiggly with excitement.
>Should arrive Thursday or Friday.
>
>In the meantime, I have been finding my OM adapter not to work very
>well in A mode. I realize now that I have rarely used it in A mode,
>preferring just to test chimpmatically for the proper speed and stop
>in manual mode. But I was shooting the other day with the 300/4.5 and
>noticed gross overexposure at all stops including the ones that
>Olympus says should be reasonably OK. I had selected A mode just
>because I wanted to get off a couple shots in a hurry.
>
>Perhaps this is normal, but I seem to remember that it was a little
>better than this. There is a possible explanation. I tend to keep
>caps on the adapter, mostly so that they are handy when I am changing
>lenses, so I had the 14-54 rear cap on one side and a spare OM body
>cap on the other. One day recently the OM body cap seemed to be
>stuck. Turn as I might, it wouldn't come off normally. Finally, I
>just ripped it off with all of the strength in my tiny little arms.
>Visual inspection suggested no harm, no foul.
>
>But alas now gross over-exposure in A mode. It looks like the only
>thing that can be screwed up are the little clips that help keep the
>adapter tight against the mount on the camera, but the thing mounts
>perfectly. Lens stops down correctly. Still works OK in M mode
>(though it wants to be about 1.5 stops underexposed to get a good
>histogram (actually, this is fairly consistent with past experience).
>
>Perhaps this is how it works when trying to test A mode on an 18% gray day?
>
>Puzzled, and ready to kiss this whole adapter business good-bye,
>Joel W.
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