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Subject: [OM] Re: New Film Camera
From: Tim Hughes <timhughes@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 22:25:46 -0800 (PST)
Would be really nice if they did OTF exposure :) and OTF flash.

Tim Hughes


--- Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Not the back of course but the hump covering the large lens unit.
> Electronic control of the lens instead of mechanical.
> I wonder if the lens is cammed or whether focussing is by wire too.
> No ruby window on the back either but PC connection in the body top  
> plate.
> I'm assuming that the clear patch in the brightline window is the RF  
> patch so the the little round window will be a meter.
> I'd love to see that left dial closer - obviously shutter speed but  
> is there an 'A' setting on it?
> 
> In some ways I'm disappointed that they went so Ikonta. I always  
> lusted after one of those little Plaubel Makinas with the Nikkor  
> lens, although they had some reliability issues.
> http://www.nyclondon.com/articles/plaubel_makina_67_review.blog
> Only ever saw one once when a friend of mine rebuilt one and then  
> sold it on (without loaning it to me, the swine).
> 
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> On 03/02/2008, at 5:03 AM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> 
> > I retract that. Destroyed by the back both esthetically and
> > practically by limiting access to the viewfinder. What is that hump?
> > Focal plane focuser?  It appears to push the classic design of the
> > 40's with an electronic shutter! I don't think this one will see the
> > light of day.
> >
> > http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/the_coolest_and.php
> >
> > Winsor
> > Long Beach, California, USA
> 
> 
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