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From: <WKato@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-77
> In a message dated 99-06-07 00:51:55 EDT, you write:
>
> > Is any one on the list familiar with the OM-77? Is it any good, or is it
> > junk?
> > Thanks
> > Terry
> >
> I wouldn't go so far as to be that demeaning but the Oly designers were
kind
> of brain dead on this one. I guess it's find for point and shoot negative
> work. But, (there's a few), there is no exposure compensation so what the
> camera wants, you get. There is exposure lock however so you can point at
the
> sky or where the sun doesn't shine and lock the exposure. Then you can
> program shift to select the shutter/f stop combination that you want. It's
> the only Oly camera that (I don't know about the IS series) shows you both
> shutter speed and f stop.
>
> Warren
In the larger IS-1(000)/-2(000)/-3(000) series both aperture and shutter
speed is displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD display at the back, but
I'm not sure how it works on the smaller IS's (don't think they're displayed
in the viewfinder though).
Per Nordenberg
Kolmården, Sweden
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