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RE: [OM] OM-2000 model name (was: OM-2000 multiple exposure?)

Subject: RE: [OM] OM-2000 model name (was: OM-2000 multiple exposure?)
From: "Per Nordenberg" <per.nordenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 00:53:04 +0100
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Från: Shawn Wright <swright@xxxxxxxxx>
Till: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Datum: den 6 januari 1998 23:35
Ämne: RE: [OM] OM-2000 model name (was: OM-2000 multiple exposure?)


>On  6 Jan 98 at 12:21, Per Nordenberg wrote:
>
>> Tomoko, even if your assumption is right I would think most people
>> associates the name with the year 2000. As a result the name will
probably
>> sound very much "obsolete" in a few years time (as well as everything
else

>Yeah, right. So next you're going to tell me Windows 95 is obsolete...
Hmmm...

>you may have a point there... ;-)
>

>> that is called "2000"). Therefore I think the name is not the very best
>> choosen (why not OM-50?), and it´s surely not the first Olympus SLR
capable
>> of a shutter speed of1/2000, The whole IS line is capable of that.

>As are most of the OMs, too (I think). I seem to recall that the OM-2 and
even
>my lowly OM-10 have a "hidden" top speed of 1/2000 in auto mode to provide
an
>extra stop of overexposure insurance.
>
>========================
>Shawn Wright
>Computer Systems Manager
>Shawnigan Lake School
>250-743-6240
>swright@xxxxxxxxx
>

It would be interesting if this could be verified by other list members.
I´ve certainly not discovered any hidden top speed of 1/2000 on my OM-2SP!

Best regards,
Per Nordenberg
Sweden


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