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[OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
From: asud journal <asudjournal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:36:02 +0100
Can you please explain about the 1/4000 "mini shutter" a little bit 
more john?
It's a interseting thing to know for an OM4 user.
Regards, Loïc.

Le 23 févr. 05, à 14:46, John Hermanson a écrit :

>
> Theoretically, the 4, 4T/Ti would do a 'mini shutter' of about 1/4000.
>
> John Hermanson
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> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
>
>
>>
>> Yes, the 2N does the same, so does OM-10 (with all that oil?  NAH), 
>> OM-G,
>> OM-20, OM-PC, OM-40, OM-F, OM-30, 2S, 4, 4T, 4Ti.
>>
>> John Hermanson
>> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>> 21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
>> 631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:39 PM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
>>
>>
>>> Wow! At last I hear about this on the list :^)
>>> remember to have read about this on Modern Photog quite a few years 
>>> ago.
>>> First time I tested this secret, with some skepticism, was on 1991 
>>> when
>>> studying in Paris and wanted to shoot the top of the Place de la 
>>> Bastille
>>> monument using my 200/4 @ f32. Sun was just above the figure at the 
>>> top,
>>> and
>>> although I screwed my Tamron linear pol., the E100 was to be exposed 
>>> with
>>> the needle above on the red mark on Auto mode. To my surprise, sky
>>> rendered
>>> a saturated blue, a full stop underexposed I guess due to meter 
>>> reading
>>> the
>>> Sun on a clear sky. I repeated the test with the Tour Eiffel: dark
>>> silouette
>>> on a saturated clear blue sky, 28/2.8 @ f22 + Oly linear pol. as a
>>> neutral
>>> density filter.
>>>
>>> John, does the 2n behave the same? I suppose it does.
>>> Tanks once again.
>>>
>>> Fernando.
>>>
>>>> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:03:42 -0500
>>>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
>>>>
>>>> BTW, an OM-2 that is properly setup, set on auto, has a 'secret' top
>>>> shutter
>>>> speed of 1/2000 th.  That is, if, when on auto, the needle is 
>>>> pointing
>>>> to
>>>> 1000, when you open the lens one more stop, shutter will fire 
>>>> somewhere
>>>> between 1/1500 - 1/2000th.
>>>
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