I'm wondering on the intelligence of investing in an Om4-Ti. It's a
dead system... But I would like spot metering on my Om1n, and I'm
wondering if another brand wouldn't yield me a better buy? I
currently have 3 lenses... and that seems to be the leverage in
investment, but for an OM4Ti, I can buy quite a bit of another
brand..Or go digital SLR..
What do you all think?
Albert
It depends if you want new equipment. If you want used you will be
able to buy Olympus stuff for years. If you want a OM1n with
spotmeter its successor is the OM3Ti. I don't know of an easier
automatic camera to use in manual than the OM4Ti though. I went
directly from manual cameras to the OM4T and find I quite like
aperture priority auto exposure.
Other manual focus cameras with spot(not multi) metering jump into
the luxury class, at least for the lenses and accessories. There is
the Contax Aria and the Leica R. The Leicas before the R8 are a much
more reasonable size. There is a lot of high grade plastic in the
Contax. The Leica feels like a fine machine. Very fine, very
expensive lenses, even used. However there is a bigger range of
lenses for the OM and many of them just as fine as the high priced
guys.
Or you could buy a hand held spot meter and another lens or OM1N.
My advice is to get the OM4Ti. It is such a fine instinctive and
precise picture taking machine that the only time I use the OM1N is
for nostalgia purposes. I bought mine new in 1990 and it is doing
great after 12 years. Get one now and worry about this question again
in 25 years or sooner if we all end up digitized.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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