At 07:38 PM 10/17/2000 -0500, Chip Stratton wrote:
>Mike Johnston, departing editor of Photo Techniques, has a '25 Best Cameras'
>article in the Nov/Dec 2000 issue. Naturally, the OM4T is listed since it
>has the 'best metering system ever devised for a 35mm camera'. So that's
>good. Even worth a 'Hooray!!' But -
>
>I was a little surprised that the Pentax Spotmatic was listed because it
>'may be the closest we've ever come to a Leica rangefinder in an SLR...'
>So, like, what about the OM-1, huh?
>
>I suppose you'll have to excuse my chauvinism, after all this is the Olympus
>list. But in what way is the Spotmatic better than an OM-1?
The Spotmatic's a fine camera. I handled one for quite awhile, before deciding
that the OM-1n was an even better camera. ;-)
Garth
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