Top and bottom are plastic too.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:23 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM2000 build quality (was "Cosina 2000" etc.)
> Hi Ingemar,
>
> I sat down with the OM2000 and studied its "build quality" last night. The
> only really obvious "structural" plastic on it is the back. The timer
> lever has a somewhat cheap or gimpy feel to it. Given the amount of use
it
> gets (I use it for the equivalent of MLU), it will probably be the first
> thing to break on mine. The lever to shift from center-weighted to spot
> seems a bit flimsy. Those are the most apparent weaknesses. I trust
> 1998-era plastics more than OM-10 era plastics, too, but what I see really
> is mostly aluminum.
>
> The film advance lever and mechanism seem cheaper than my OM-2S but
> smoother and more fluid. The shutter is louder and not as sexy of course
> (!), but the OM-2S is in a class by itself in the sexy shutter
competition,
> as we all know. (Clive, you out there?)
>
> One of the things I have to "work around" with the OM2000 is the
> never-ready display -- the fact that you have to have your finger slightly
> depressing the shutter button to get a meter reading. I do find it nice
to
> have the display up and running for a period of time while I adjust things
> on the tripod, look and meter, adjust, look and meter some more. I find
it
> convenient simply to put a cable release in the shutter and use it
> "remotely" to actuate the meter. One could even use the bulb lock on a
> decent cable release to keep the meter actuated indefinitely in this way
> (but I have not yet done that). I would predict that the lack of a
> "meter/display on" mode might be a hurdle for your mother and sister if
> there is a meter-on mode in the OM-10. The OM2000 seems a better match
for
> persons who are beginning in photography and want to learn to control all
> the elements of exposure; and for experienced photographers who continue
> to like and exploit that control.
>
> Also, it's hard to compare things you can buy new with things you can't.
> As long as my OM2000 is working well, all I can say is I feel like a
bandit.
>
> If you want your OM-10 back, I wouldn't hesitate getting your mother and
> sister a OM2000. If you could find them a good OM-2N or OM-2S, they might
> enjoy this camera more coming off of an OM-10. But that's just a guess.
>
> Joel Wilcox
> Iowa City, IA USA
>
>
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