Nicolas,
I don't use a handheld meter with my OM-4T, the spotmeter in the OM-4 is
magnificent. I do use a handheld meter with my Bessa R2 rangefinder, the
meter in it is ok, but I don't like centerweighted meters. My handheld is a
spot meter, which I also use with my Hasselblad (no choice there, it hasn't
got a meter.
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On 5/28/09 9:17 PM, "Nicolas Mitchell" <oldspeckledhen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Okay:
> i) Does anyone use a hand held light meter, or do you trust/leave it
> to your OM? And if you do, what are you using and how do you find it?
> ii) Does anyone have a 72mm Oly lens cap that they could spare?
> (please, please, please)
> iii) Does anyone want a spare Canon A80?
> N
>
> NOn 29 May 2009, at 01:36, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Welcome, Nic. We're all just sitting around here gabbing away about
>> most anything waiting for someone like you to come along and ask some
>> on-topic questions. Welcome to the club. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Nicolas Mitchell wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm new to the list and would like to say hello. My friend and I used
>>> to take photos of each other and the world with a Praktika that had a
>>> lens, if you see what I mean. We would put ISO400 into it and think
>>> we
>>> were pushing barriers. At some point I got a Pentax MZhmm hmm I don't
>>> remember. It had a zoom lens and we had some fun with that too. I
>>> lost
>>> both of those in a fire in 2001 and didn't resume my photo pursuits
>>> until I was made redundant in 2007 and nabbed a Canon A80 from the
>>> fallout. Boy did that rekindle something. I have had so much fun with
>>> it. To the extent of buying 2 more from ebay, just in case. I
>>> bought a
>>> Canon G6 too, but it didn't ignot my passion as much as the A80 had.
>>> But then on to DSLR, something I tried to resist, what with the money
>>> and all. But there it was, in my hands. The Canon 40D and the 17-85mm
>>> lens. £800. Then the 60mm macro. £200. Then the 10-22mm. £499. Then a
>>> second hand 70-300mm. £600. I got so fed up with it. Too much money
>>> spent and grr, I just wasn't using it as much as the A80. And to
>>> explore the possibilities? Another £200 here or more likely £700. I
>>> sold it and the lenses too. I bought a second hand Voigtlander Bessa
>>> (R3A) with a 40mm lens. I'd spent some of my money and took some
>>> pics.
>>> Unfortunately the rangefinder was misaligned and I sent it back. It's
>>> gone to Japan, I don't know when it will return. This was back in
>>> January. So, in the meantime I was looking for a camera to use and
>>> remembered my friend talking about how his Olympus camera had been
>>> stolen and when the insurance company came to a replacement he (how
>>> likely is this?) forgot that it was an OM40 and told them it was an
>>> OM4, which he duly received. He raved about his OM4, its size, its
>>> ease of use. So I bought one from a secondhand shop in Bath. Then I
>>> bought some lenses from both ebay and some shops round Bloomsbury. I
>>> haven't looked back. Who can say they can walk out with a camera and
>>> three or four lenses and not need a suitcase? Who? I ask you. It's
>>> been such an experience. Tonight I went out with a 24mm and took
>>> photos of closed shops/restaurants after thinking I'd be taking
>>> pictures of drunks and buses.
>>> So that's me.
>>> Hello list.
>>> All the best,
>>> Nic
>>>
>>>
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