Olympus Pen FT - Setting Correct Exposure Values; Open Aperture: Shutter Speed First; Open Aperture: TTL Number First

How to set the exposure: (Open aperture method)
1 When you first determine the shutter
speed:
First determine the proper shutter speed
according to the conditions of your subject.
Select 1/30 or 1/ 60 of a second for indoor
photography or dim subject; 1/ 125 or 1/250
of a second for outdoor photography or bright
subjects. Next look at your subject through
the viewfinder, read the Through·The·Lens
number indicated by the pointer, and set that
number to Through · The·Lens number marked
on the F/stop ring. Then you have the correct
exposure.
• When the light meter window index enters the top
or bottom red zone, it means the shutter speed
preset is not proper. Reset the speed.
Note :'When the shutter speed is set at 0.5 or 1 second,
meanwhile, a red shift zone appears. •
'When the black needle in the light meter window
enters the top or bottom red zone and / or point out
the Through · The·Lens number that is not marked
on the Lens aperture scale ring, it means the
shutter speed preset is not proper. Reset the speed.
2 When you first determine the Through -
The-Lens number:
First set the proper Through·The·Lens
number marked on the F/ stop ring according
to the conditions of your subject. (Consult the
F·number appearing on the downside of the
ring.) You should take 1 or 2 for indoor
photography or dim subjects and 4 or 5 for
outdoor photography or bright subjects. Next
looking at your subject through the view -
finder, turn the shutter dial , and have the
pointer of the photometer indication window
indicate the Through·The · Lens number just
you pre·set. Then you have the correct ex-
posure.
* Note that you will have the 8 (bulpl exposure if
you turn the shutter dial counter·clockwise till it
stops .
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