>
> Except the faint "whir" of the slow speed governor as you move the
> shutter speed dial from 30 to 60. ;-)
>
And that's something else. The OM-3Ti sounds soooo different than the
electronic-shutter OM bodies. That whir is like the tick-tock of a
mechanical clock. It gives you the audible assurance that it's actually
doing something.
More than once I've taken a picture in the 1/2 to 1 second range where I've
wondered "is the camera working? Did the battery die?" Through the years
I've had the cameras lock up mid-exposure due to dying batteries and
whenever there is a lag--even if I know the exposure is going to be long, I
wonder if it's working right. With a mechanical shutter, the feedback is
comforting.
Since somebody brought it up... What about the OM-1? Well, the OM-1, with a
battery conversion, is a fine camera too. However, the one thing that always
bothered be about the OM-1 is a slight tendency towards camera vibration.
Even handheld at normal shutter-speeds, I feel that the camera isn't as
smooth as later models--even the OM-2. I figure that it's partly the
aperture actuator, but also the way the mirror bounces up out of the way.
The OM-2S has that Rube Goldbergist sequence of sounds when the shutter is
tripped which is unlike any other OM body, but is at odds with "I want it
NOW" shooting.
AG
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