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Re: [OM] 4T vs 4Ti

Subject: Re: [OM] 4T vs 4Ti
From: "David Brown" <keswick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:02:53 -0000
Corrections? Well I still think that the Ti stands for titanium (the
reasons for the US (only) using T have been explained) - so there!

David

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> From: R.S. Adams <aeolian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus List <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] 4T vs 4Ti
> Date: 26 October 1998 17:41
> 
> Talk about confusion! (My own, of course!)
> Thanks to all for the responses to my original query re 4T and 4Ti.
> 
> Here's the conclusion(s) I've drawn so far:
> 
> Late model 4T "Black" is just the US marketing name for the exact same
> body that is marked as 4Ti in other parts of the world.  ( I use "late
> model" to separate the issues of circuit differences, battery drain
> problems, weather seals, F280 compatibility, titanium skin, etc. that
> relate to OM4 vs either of the "T" models.)
> 
> The little "i" stands (apparently) for "international."  I had
> originally suspected that the little "i" on my OM3Ti stood for "ion
> plating" which is what Olympus says/calls the oh so lovely and rugged
> brown/black surface on that body.  I once thought, perhaps that since
> the OM4T was emphatically called "Black" in Oly literature, that the
> OM4Ti might have that surface treatment.  Reason enough in my mind to
> own one!  But alas, this is apparently not so, the OM4Ti has the same
> dappled black "paint" that the 4T "Black" does, because they are the
> same camera.
> 
> There.  I think that's it.  Any comments, corrections?  Thanks again to
> the list for the info.
> 
> 
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