Modern Photography June 1981, page 117, in a test of Minolta CLE: "In the manner of Olympus OM-2 (whose off-the-film-plane metering system is based on a Minolta patent), the CLE`s meter cell is..." The late, lamented Mod Photo used to know what they were talking about and the statement above was never disputed. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 14. tammikuuta 2002 19:53 Aihe: Re: Inventor of OTF >>> http://vinceb.home.att.net/old/home.htm >>> Camera History states: >>> Another scheme pattened by Minolta but brought to fruition by Olympus in the >>> OM series was OTF (off the film metering). This had a patterned focal plane >>> shutter which was in front of the film to modify sensitivy such as >>> overbright sky, but metering continues as film is exposed so it is exact and >>> also allows flash to be measured during exposure. >>> (by Photography History Guru, Mr. Bob Howard) >> >> Well I'll be darned. My friend was right! :^) > > >Not so fast. I don't consider a single mention on an unpedigreed website to >constitute a "reference." I was hoping for something at least published, if >that's not too quaint. Hopefully with at least some vaguely traceable >authoritativeness. > >Neither Goldberg in _Camera Technology_ nor the Lewis, Ed., _The History of >the Japanese Camera_ translated from the Japanese and published jointly by >George Eastman House and The Japan Camera and Optical Instruments Inspection >and Testing Institute make any mention of Minolta having invented OTF >metering. And I've never heard of "Photography History Guru Mr. Bob Howard." > >--Skeptical of Gurus, Mr. Grumpy Johnston - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
