wintoid
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How does one turn the meter off?
Many thanks in advance if anyone can tell me.
Many thanks in advance if anyone can tell me.
Olympus 35SP question
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Flyfisher Tom
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what greyhoundman says ... it turns off when you put it back in the case and no light hits the meter
about the only complaint I have against a great camera, otherwise, a super sharp and smooth lens on that one
about the only complaint I have against a great camera, otherwise, a super sharp and smooth lens on that one
Kim Coxon
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No battery = no need to switch off. 😉
Kim
Kim
wintoid
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Thanks for the info guys. Yeah it was love at first sight as soon as I opened this. The only other slight frustration is no shutter lock, unlike my 35RC.
Kim Coxon
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Use a lens cap. The shutter should lock if there is insufficient light. However, this function does tend to fail.
Kim
Kim
wintoid said:
wintoid
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Are you sure? I didn't think the 35SP metered through the lens.
Kim Coxon
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Ignore my last comment. Trying to reply in too many threads at once. 😱
It's a separate meter window. I was thing along the others in which the meter cell is covered by the lens cap.
The manual is here if you want it. http://www.pentax-manuals.com/manuals/range/range.htm
Kim
It's a separate meter window. I was thing along the others in which the meter cell is covered by the lens cap.
The manual is here if you want it. http://www.pentax-manuals.com/manuals/range/range.htm
Kim
wintoid
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Thanks for confirming Kim 😀 And thanks for the manual!
wintoid
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First frame from 35SP. Looks good, but there seems to be some sort of line scored across the bottom part of each frame 🙁 Wonder what could be causing that
Flyfisher Tom
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a burr on the film plate perhaps? or in the transport mechanism?
nice photo by the way 🙂
nice photo by the way 🙂
MelanieC
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Could one theoretically "turn off" the meter by putting tape over the meter window? The fact that you can't turn it off is also one of the things that annoys me about the camera. Of course, I usually forget to turn off the cameras that I can turn off (like the OMs). Perhaps I'm better off sticking with meterless cameras.
Flyfisher Tom
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MelanieC said:
Due to this one annoying trait, I use it either with a handheld meter, no meter, or a flashshoe meter like the VC meter. Both my handheld and the VC have auto shut-off.
Draining the internal battery while trying to remember to put the cover back on the entire camera body was just too fiddly.
Trius
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Huh? I've never had an issue with battery drain, I guess I'm lucky. One of my SPs is unmodified but sports a mercury (gasp!) battery, so battery life is long. The other got a modification to 1.5v included with a CLA; those last a long time and are so cheap I always have some with me. The advantage of this inexpensive camera having a spot meter and superb lens is too great to fret a battery (non)issue ... IMHO.
