At 06:44 PM 12/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>At 07:26 PM 12/11/98 -0800, John Petrush wrote:
>>For me, the OM-1(n). One, I can afford one :-) More importantly, since
>>the -1(n) operates sans batteries, I can shoot in harsher conditions,
>>there's less to go wrong or break, and as long as 35mm film is available, I
>>can make pictures. Nice and simple.
>
>I'm wondering: What about the OM-2000? It has many of the attributes of
>the OM-1(n), and includes a choice between manual center-weighted and spot
>metering. It's also new, and relatively inexpensive. Parts may be around
>for a while. Flash synch at up to 1/125th. Takes our beloved Zuikos.
>----
I got one to use in a new tech lab on high-speed photography we started at
our school. I wanted a simple inexpensive manual camera without all the
bells and whistles. I bought it with the 35-80 zoom. It does fine for our
purposes. We are getting great shots of bursting balloons, etc.
It is very noisy shutter-speed-wise. And I am still trying to get use to
the shutter speed dial on the top of the camera. I run a test roll through
of candid shots and found the spot-metering very useful. But it doesn't
have the "feel" of my OM1 or Om2n! So I am personally gradually switching
over to another system, although I will probably keep my OM-1n and a couple
of lenses.
Bill
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