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Re: [OM] Doing the splits

Subject: Re: [OM] Doing the splits
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:57:48 -0400
Yes, and that prism is about 2mm wider than LC4086, prism for OM-1 
through 2N.

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On 8/20/2010 6:56 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I see that the OM-4 and 4-Ti have the same prism part number as the
> OM-3Ti.  I would expect that's the most critical part in the viewing path.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Dawid Loubser wrote:
>> On 20 Aug 2010, at 5:59 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>> By specification, at least, the 3-Ti
>>> is not special in the viewfinder department.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> I know! Which is why I couldn't believe how much nicer it was
>> than the OM-1 and OM-2 finders I know so intimately well by now.
>>
>> I guess it has something to do with this: The OM-1 finder is
>> spectacular. Like in, no other SLR easily comes close, and
>> certainly not a single Digital SLR currently made.
>>
>> The fact that the OM-3Ti (and, I suspect all other 3- and 4-series
>> bodies
>> with a 2-series focusing screen, I never tried them) is just so much
>> brighter, crisper, and higher-contrast, just puts it over the top.
>> The biggest difference, I find, is that it does not at all flare, where
>> the OM-1 finder is very prone to flaring, even though the pictures
>> turn out fine.
>>
>> We're talking about that last 5% of greatness here.
>>
>> D.
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