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Re: [OM] Re MF VS 35

Subject: Re: [OM] Re MF VS 35
From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 23:41:36 -0400
I have a Nikon F4s that I dropped from chest level onto a concrete
sidewalk 3 weeks after my dad bought it for me (I was in high school!).
Scared the crap out of me, I was sure it was broken. Nope, it still works
today, 20 yrs later!

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On 5/24/12 11:29 PM, "Jim Couch" <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>'Drop tests' are notoriously unreliable. All depends on how the camera
>lands. To compare - dropped an OM-1 75 feet while rock climbing, bounced
>off a solid boulder at the base of the climb, big dent next to the wind
>knob. Camera still works - 20 years later!
>
>Jim Couch
>
>On 5/24/2012 12:37 PM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>> There is absolutely no question about the fact that a Nikon F, and the
>> early Nikkors, are of much superiour construction quality to any OM
>> camera.
>>
>> * I had an OM fall a mere 40cm onto a tile floor (a "gentle" fall),
>> and the shutter speed mechnism was totally broken
>> * My 1995 OM-3Ti has required service twice to keep accurate slow
>> shutter speeds, my Nikon F has never been services since 1970
>> * Squeeze almost any OM lens, and the focusing resistance changes
>> (even becomes impossible to focus on some lenses) - squeeze a Pre-Ai
>> 1960 Nikkor lens with all your might and it stil focuses smoother than
>> any OM lens
>>
>> Let's not delude ourselves. If this doesn't suffice, try opening up
>> both an OM and a Nikon F, and you'll see a massive difference inside.
>> The OM's are still sexier, and the OM lenses render nicer.
>>
>> Dawid
>>
>>
>> On 24 May 2012, at 6:47 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>>
>>> Since when are OM's less reliable than Nikon F's? I keep hearing
>>> this old
>>> crap, let me tell you, I have owned and shot professionally both
>>> systems,
>>> still have some of both, and have never noticed any difference in
>>> durability
>>> or reliability between the two. It would seem that the Nikons have
>>> more
>>> ability to shrug off abuse, but since when should we abuse  our
>>> equipment in
>>> the first place? And that's not to say that I haven't banged mine both
>>> around some.
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