Yes, the plastic junk COSINA built for Canon was a disaster! Paul.
John Hermanson wrote:
> The 2000 is probably built better than the other Cosina versions. Didn't
> Cosina
> opt for a plastic body casting on their own model? I'll bet the 2000
> reliability
> will have little in common with the other "versions" out there.
>
> John
> www.zuiko.com
>
> gma wrote:
>
> > Second place was different. He knew right away what the 2000 was. He said
> > that he was resisting carrying it because: "cameras from that manufacturer
> > have
> > been very unreliable". "You mean Cosina?"
> > "Right. Cosina. We've carried the Ricoh KR-5 which is essentially the same
> > as
> > the OM-2000 and the return rate with camera failure has been greater than
> > 20%.
> > I think you'd be better off with a used OM-1."
> >
> > So now I'm wondering if the 2000 is the way to go. I'll probably wait now
> > to
> > see what happens at Photokina. Really hoping for a good OM-5Ti to make it's
> > appearance.
> >
> > george
> >
> >
>
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