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Subject: Re: [OM] If you could Keep only one OM...
From: "Martin G Flink" <mgflink@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 07:33:04 -0700
Hi John...I have to agree with you on the OM1n...Trying to decide what to
take on a family get together I finally went  "Back to Basics" and took the
OM1n fitted with a 50/1.8 MIJ, T20 and a 135/2.8...Travelled light and
enjoyed using what I had...Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Sloane, DMD <jsloane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, May 26, 2002 7:04 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] If you could Keep only one OM...(Was Holy cow! long, but
not sorry)


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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Duggan" <john.duggan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] Holy cow! ( long, but not sorry)
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>[John W. Sloane, DMD]
>Hi, John,
>
>Great to hear from you and I'm glad the 4T is doing it's job as it was
>intended to do!
>Interesting the notes you made on the feel and performance of the
>various OM cameras, and I tend to agree.  I love my 3Ti and 4Ti, and the
>Om-2N is nothing short of a masterpiece of engineering both in the sense
>of functionality and "ergonomic gratification", but I truly think that I
>would ultimately choose the OM-1N as my last and only keeper if I were
>forced to make that decision.  It looks great, It feels great, it makes
>a beautiful sound, it makes beautiful pictures, and it is the most "at
>home" feeling I get out of holding and using any of the OM system
>cameras.  The 2N is a close second.
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>Cheers from across the Pond,
>John
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>> John,
>>        Glad to hear you got a good OM2n....In my opinion a much better
>> camera than the OM2spot. My worst mistake Olympus wise was to part ex
>a
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>> good Om2n for an OM4...., keeping a OM2 spot which turned out to be a
>real
>> dog. The 2n has a special "feel", The wider speed ring makes it much
>easier
>> to use than the OM2s...also it has a far nicer viewfinder display. It
>is
>> almost as good as the 1n :-)
>>             P.S. the Om4T that I bought from you has performed
>faultlessly!
>> It has a few odd marks now but it was meant to be used.
>>                     Regards, John Duggan, Wales, U.K.
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