When I first got my OM-1 in '78, I thought the shutter ring on the barrel
was great. I still do, on that camera. However, I am less than enthusiastic
with the shrinking depth of the ring and the protruding garage that the
pentaprism lives in. It's difficult to see the shutter speed on the OM-G and
4 that I have, and impossible with the T-32 mounted. Even though, you'll
never wrestle that OM-4 away from me unless you're donating a Ti!
Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Pederson" <epederso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 8:14 PM
Subject: [OM] Shutter speed ring
> I like the shutter speed ring, even though I mostly use the camera on a
> tripod. Still I would like to see just how accurate people are knowing
> shutter speed without looking. My guess is less accurate than they
> pre-estimate themselves to be...
>
> And no way I know what aperature I'm using without looking (or racking
> down to f16/22 and counting back), though that is usually less critical...
> And after 24 years using an OM I do consider myself familiar with it.
> Maybe the problem is that I have let other brands sully my hands. :-)
>
> Eric Pederson
> epederso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (no "n" in "epederso")
> Professional home page:
> http://logos.uoregon.edu/uoling/faculty/pederson/pederson.html
> Personal home page:
> http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~epederso/
>
> > The way I understand it, the original OM bodies were meant to be cradled
> > with the left hand. Right hand was responsible for winding and firing.
> > Left hand controlled focus, f stop and shutter speed. All this could
be
> > done without taking the camera away from your eye to see what you were
> > setting. If the user was really familiar with his/her OM, it didn't
matter
> > that there was no vf ss / f stop information.
> >
> > John Hermanson
>
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