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Re: [OM] shutter speed ring origin?

Subject: Re: [OM] shutter speed ring origin?
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:50:52 +1100
>
>I have to admit I have always found the OM shutter speed control to
>be clumsy to operate and have preferred the shutter speed dial on the
>top. One of the best was the large dial on the top of an early
>Leicaflex that stuck out over the front edge of the body. It made it
>really easy to rub it with a finger to change it. However, now that I
>know the reason for it I gladly trade the shutter dial preference for
>the wonderful compactness of the OM body.
>
>Didn't the Olympus Pen F also have the shutter speed dial on the
>front, next to the lens?
>
>Winsor

As a variation on that Leicaflex idea, my Leica CL (Minolta design) has the
shutter dial on the front but projecting above the top plate slightly so
that the right forefinger drops right on it - VERY convenient, especially
as the result is in the viewfinder.
Andrew



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