That's close to fang but not a fang. It may be worn on
the inside too. My first 4T is one ugly ugly duck
which I still have and use hard. When it came back
from Olympus overhaul a couple of years ago, a number
of gears and other parts had been replaced because of
being significantly worn. This was noted on the
invoice! The reason I sent it in was because a tiny
screw from a lens came off and fell inside the camera.
Being a engineer by trade I thought it is a accident
waiting to happen. Up to the point the 4T worked
great. The rewind was nice and crunchy like the Kiev
medium formats! It still is fairly crunchy. When they
come back from Camtech they are almost like OM1/2s in
rewind smoothness.
There was a post about 3 years ago where they did an
environment test on an OM4T. Only the Leica M6 faired
better and only slighty better.
When you have an ugly camera who will want to steal
it? Maybe they will take pity on you and give you
money to buy a nice shiny camera. Something that you
can sit around to look at and photograph.
Andre
--- Clemente Colayco <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> An well worn OM 4t champagne just sold on ebay for $
> 240.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <JMeyers102@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:06 PM
> Subject: RE: [OM] OM4 vs. OM4t
>
>
> The only real practical difference in usability is
> the possibility of using
> the F280 daylight flash, which has limited
> usefulness, but I value it
> highly. (I have two Ti's, the 4's are gone)
>
> The Ti plates on the OM4Ti are nice, but not a major
> consideration, IMO.
>
> I never had battery drain problems with my OM4, but
> as someone else said,
> batteries are pretty cheap, especially from the
> online sources.
>
> My only beef with the OM4 is that the circuits are
> starting to get flakey
> on many of them. I started to have problems with my
> two OM4's (which were
> bought new) after about 10-12 years and no amount of
> doctor visits would
> cure them. When they started to die on me at
> irregular intervals, they
> were sent to new homes.
>
> If you settle on an OM4ti, I agree that the black
> ones are a safer bet. I
> bought a champagne as a backup, mainly because
> they're much cheaper, as
> that finish didn't wear well. Many can be found in
> great mechanical shape,
> but with lots of paint wear. Don't discount that
> possibility. I'd take a
> slightly worn Champagne OM4ti before an OM4.
>
> And if you get an OM4ti, get the F280, it has some
> real uses for daylight
> fill-in.
>
> Skip
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: JMeyers102@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:17:23 EDT
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] OM4 vs. OM4t
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been a visitor to this group for a while now,
> and have learned quite
> a
> bit about Olympus equipment from the posts. I
> became interested in the OM
> system after reading about the OM1 and OM2 on the
> Photography in Malaysia
> website,
>
(http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/photography.htm).
> Then I
> bought an OM1 and 3 lenses from a seller on
> photo.net, and found that I
> really like it. Recently bought some other lenses
> and an OM2 as well.
> Anyway, I think would really like an OM4t. Why?
> Because I want to have the
> diopter adjustment, and also the ISO setting up to
> 3200, rather than only
> 1600. I also think the LCD viewfinder readout would
> be an advantage,
> especially in low light. My question is this: Is it
> worth paying the extra
> money for an OM4t rather than an OM4?
> My impulse is to go for the OM4t because it is a
> more recent camera. (I
> want
> the black OM4t, not the older champagne version).
> I'd appreciate hearing what those of you who have
> owned both have to say
> about them.
> Thanks.
>
> John Meyers
>
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