On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Giles wrote:
>
> But does the existence of a program mode make the camera unworthy of
> being considered a 'serious' camera, does it negate the other good
> features?
No, that doesn't make it unworthy, just flawed. Perhaps I should have
said that it wasn't an *entirely* unfair comment.
> I think you made the point that the feature is there but you
> don't have to use it.
> How many sets of batteries do you go through a year because there is no
> off switch?
At least one, when I forget to use my battery isolation technique. Not
an enormous expense or inconvenience, I grant you. What I'm trying to
say is that, though I love my 2SPs, that program mode doesn't get them
any closer to my ideal than they would be without it, whereas an "off"
position on the main switch would.
> Here is an interesting thought. Everyone goes on about the possibility of
> high battery drain with the poor old OM2-SP but when you are 'using' one
> it only has about 57% the drain of an OM4 and 52% that of a 4Ti so if you
> use your cameras a lot a 2-SP will be comparatively frugal with its
> batteries.
To be honest, I've never really been that worried about it, and only let
down once, when I forgot to take spares.
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