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Re: [OM] Starter camera -- OM-G -- thou art disparaging my camera!

Subject: Re: [OM] Starter camera -- OM-G -- thou art disparaging my camera!
From: "Tom Albright" <n5ksk3@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 16:03:43 -0500
Thomas Clausen wrote:

> It is an excellent camera and probably Tom is right about his best
> "value for money". My only "issues" with it is, that the viewfinder
> information (as with all 2-digit bodies) is tailored for
> apeture-priority auto and offers little for manual exposure.
>
> For the reason that it does not offer very good viewfinder assistance
> for manual exposure, I'd say that while it is excellent for backup
> and/or an advanced P&S, it's not a very good "learning camera"...the
> OM1 is still unsurpased for that, I think. This holds imo for all
> om10-20-30-40: the lack of good viewfinder support for manual
> exposire is their biggest "flaw".
>

That's what all the moving parts on the outside of the camera are for!  A
viewfinder on the most expensive camera is useless if you don't learn how to
twiddle the knobs!

- Tom


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