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Re: [OM] Second Obscure OM-3 OM-4 factoid of the week

Subject: Re: [OM] Second Obscure OM-3 OM-4 factoid of the week
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:05:31 -0400
Compensation dials were made higher due to factory fix to prevent asa 
from shifting when compensation is turned.  To compensate for the higher 
dial, longer rewind shaft needed, along with longer rewind shaft bushing 
and asa comp circuit brushes with longer tabs to interlock into them.  I 
converted a few original OM-4s to the higher dial and they took about 
$50 in parts to complete.

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On 8/3/2012 5:16 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 8/3/2012 8:13 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> On the OM-3/4(T/Ti) series of cameras, the exposure compensation dial
>> turns in the same direction (from the backside of the camera) as the
>> meter bargraph in the viewfinder.
>
> The exposure compensation/ISO adjustment dial on the OM-4T(i) is about 1/3 
> thicker than the one on the original OM-4. I
> suspect that the same is likely true of the OM-3 series bodies.
>
> It has been said that this is so to make it easier to grip when pulling it 
> up, so fewer people will change EV when
> thinking they are changing ISO.
>
> This relates in some way to AG's ramblings about tactile adjustment of these 
> cameras without looking at what one is
> doing. :-)
>
>> This obscure factoid is brought to you by www.zone-10.com.
>
> This obscure factoid brought to you by the anti-obscurantist memory part of 
> the brain of Moose.
>
> Non Eidetic Moose
>

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