robbeiflex
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I'm waiting for an OM2n to arrive in the mail. I tried an EOS5 with my Canon lenses I use for digital, and I just find it too automated and too plastic. However, I did
robbeiflex said:I'm waiting for an OM2n to arrive in the mail. I tried an EOS5 with my Canon lenses I use for digital, and I just find it too automated and too plastic. However, I did
It's funny how this OM thing goes ...
I understand the differences between the OM1 and the OM2n, particularly the meter display and self timer.
But it strikes me that functionally when an OM3 has a battery to power its meter it is functionally identical to an OM4, save for the self timer.
As svelt as are the OM2 & OM1, the function of the OM4 wins out for me. The meter is still state of the art, something not available on any DSLR. It is one thing to chimp after the fact, quite another thing to sample with a spot meter a few diifferent zones and have a correct average based on what I desire and not an algorithm set at the factory.
I've said this before but... I'm a confirmed OM fanatic and I really didn't get on with the OM3. Firstly, it shares the battery drain problem with the older OM4; in my OM3, the batteries were pretty much used up if I left it unused for two weeks. Secondly, whilst it also shares the excellent multi-spot metering system with the OM4, it obviously doesn't do the OM4's clever trick of averaging out the multi-spot readings automatically which, in practice, makes it slow and clunky to use. I had mine for around two years before selling it, but it never became a 'go to' camera for me, unlike my OM1s and OM4tis.
Keith, I may withdraw my offer of buying you beers when you visit. 😛
"huge heavy tub of SLR lard"
I really shouldn't ask, but how much better is the 21/2 up close compared to the 21/3.5 in your opinion? Does anyone have/had both, willing to comment? I'm thinking of maybe selling a kidney and upgrading to the f2 version 🙁
Nothing will knock my OM-1 off it's perch as my favourite OM though! 🙂