On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Question, what benefit do you get by using a winder
> in manual mode with a spot meter?
> The techniques seem to cancel each other out.
> And then you have the added weight.
Well, on my OM2s/p I find it most convenient to use the winder: right hand is
used for releasing the shutter - left hand for adjusting the exposure and
focus. The winder is most convenient if I shoot multiple frames of the same
picture (which I do more often than not). True, if the target is moving (such
as a ski-runner), adjusting the shutter speed and apeture requires more of a
lucky guess. However shooting a few frames at a time (well, in sequence,
really) is the prefered method for me - almost regardless of the motive.
Besides, using the winder becomes a habit :)
>
> In my opinion
> An OM 4 should advance to a OM 6
> A OM 3 should advance to a OM 5
I agree....
> Neither will ever happen.
I hope you are wrong...
> I would like to see Olympus start advertising the
> OM3 and 4 though and drop the price a bit.
> We could use a retro mentality in Photography.
True. See a previous post of mine on why this probably will not
happen....(SLR's are clumsy, compared to the small zoom-compacts, which most
people fancy these days. And the old "sales point" of the SLR's in their glory
days among 'the public' was - face it - the ability to change the lens. With
zoom-compacts, most people consider the SLR's to be clumsy, heavy and
expensive. And - for most people, not us on the list - this is true.)
<SNIP>
> You are going to have trouble deciding weather to use the
> 85 or the 100 they are both soooo nice.
>
Well, that's one argument for carrying multiple bodies :) That I can have them
both "active" concurrently
> Enjoy the new lenses and welcome back.
>
Thanks - off-list activity did in this case indicate more "lens-activity" and
darkroom-activity. Less talking about gear and more using it. Which - in the
end - is nice :)
Care and best wishes to all
--thomas
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Mange hilsner / Sincerely
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Thomas Heide Clausen
Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt)
M.Sc in Computer Engineering
E-Mail: T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://www.cs.auc.dk/~voop
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