Hi Peter,
Well, I've got a -2k and yes it takes Oly /Zuiko lenses, has a *simple*
flash shoe (but no loss to you) and has the spot/center-weighted
metering.
On the plus side vs.OM-1(md)(n) (besides the spot metering ) it has a
faster shutter speed (copal shutter vs. cloth?) than an
OM-1(md)(n),(1/2000) will go to ISO 3200, and is easier to do
double-exposures. It also uses batteries that are easier to find than
the OM-1(md)(n)'s. But then you only have to use the battery if you are
using the meter anyway...
My only *major* gripes with the camera is that it has no motor-drive
capability, and the shutter-speed control is on the top of the camera,
instead of on the lens-mount.
However, pick up an OM-1 at your local photo/pawn/whatever shop and just
<grok> it...feel it, and then do the same for the -2k... You'll know what
to do..
Bill >; )
"Life unfolds on a great sheet called Time (film)*,
and once finished (developed)* is gone(here)* forever..."
*provided you have a good archival system in place...
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:52:32 -0800 "Peter A. Klein" <pklein@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>
>Repeating and continuing my "why not an OM-2000?" message, which I
>accidently sent before finishing. . .
>
>I'm wondering: What about the OM-2000? It has many of the attributes
>of
>the OM-1(n), and includes a choice between manual center-weighted and
>spot
>metering. It's also new, and relatively inexpensive. Parts may be
>around
>for a while. Flash synch at up to 1/125th. Takes our beloved Zuikos.
>
>The only things I can see "wrong" with it based on the literature is
>that
>it's not actually made by Olympus, and the viewfinder is 930f the
>actual
>picture rather than 97%.
>
>Then again, I rarely use flash, and don't do macro-photography, so
>there
>may be incompatibilities with other parts of the total OM-system I'm
>not
>aware of.
>
>Is anybody using an OM-2000 who can comment on its real-world
>suitability
>compared to the "real" Oly bodies?
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