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Re: [OM] Shutter Speed Accuracy and Camera Type

Subject: Re: [OM] Shutter Speed Accuracy and Camera Type
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:35:41 -0400
An OM-1 might have more consistent high speeds than an electronic OM
(especially that all important first shot after the camera has sat ((oil on
the magnet)).

John

Jim Loudon wrote:

> > Any reason to assume that the "electronic" OMs (OM-2S, etc.) have either
> > more accurate or more stable shutters than the OM-1s?  I have heard this
> > but wonder if it is borne out in real life.
>
> Just one data point with one sample pair (and my son just wrapped
> up his first science fair project, where he heard _all_ about the
> need for more than one sample :-) )...
>
> At the Mid-Atlantic Oly Fest earlier this year (thanks again
> Tomoko!), I had the opportunity to have the shutters of my OM-1
> and OM-2 checked by another lister (thanks Rand!).  The shutters
> of both camearas were consistent (answers the stability point).
> The OM-2's shutter was absolutely spot on according to the tester;
> the OM-1 was typically about ten percent slow.  In either case,
> a very good result for a pair of cameras that haven't been
> serviced in a while.  In particular, my OM-2 is not what one
> would call a particlarly "clean" example, but it's still able
> to deliver the goods.
>
> Rand's comment to me was that this was pretty typical performance
> of the Olympus' he's seen (and he's seen many) -- the electronic
> shutters are extremely accurate; the mechanical shutters just a
> shade less accurate, but they're all very good indeed.
>
> As I said, just one data point...and no, we didn't put the
> cameras in the freezer to see how they would behave at low
> temperatures :-)
>
> jim
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