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Re: [OM] Keeping OM alive

Subject: Re: [OM] Keeping OM alive
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 17:29:50 -0400
The wind mech in the bottom of the 2000 is very much like a Nikkormat  (which 
never
had a motor either).  the Nikkormat EL had a "winder" that crept along at 
barely 3
frames per second.

John

Kennedy wrote:

> In article , fdayrit@xxxxxxx wrote
> >Stuart Goggin wrote:
> >
> >> Actually I would be happy, in fact really, really happy, if they simply 
> >> made
> >> the 2000 compatible with a motor drive and OM focussing screens.
> >> Shouldn't be too much to ask as the focus screen looks to be about the same
> >> size, and I am sure that the mechanical changes would not amount to much 
> >> for
> >> the motor drive.
> >>
> >> Stuart Goggin
> >
> >stuart,
> >
> >this would really be nice but given that  cosina designed and produced OM2000
> >was made in collaboration with probobly nikon, this would really be a design
> >change to fit a motor drive to it. this might even mean a complete redo of 
> >the
> >shutter mechanism for it to tolerate the stress of a motor drive. we can only
> >hope that there are other things in the pipeline that is along the true OM
> >lineage and not cosinas in disguise.
> >
> >francis
> >
> One reason that I would not like any development of the OM system to be
> based on the OM2000 - I don't recall seeing this elsewhere - is that the
> shutter speed dial is in the WRONG place.
>
> A significant input on my purchase of an OM-1 all those years ago was
> the placing of the shutter speed ring around the lens barrel.  I had
> used a Nikkormat a couple of times before that had this arrangement and
> found it far more convenient than the 'traditional SLR' inaccessible
> placement on the top plate.  As far as I am aware, Olympus are the only
> manufacturer that kept a common sense position of this vital control
> that could be operated by the left hand while the right hand index
> finger stayed over the shutter release.
>
> Any future OM camera (though I personally doubt the rumours) must have
> this feature IMO.
>
> --
> Kennedy
> Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
> A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
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