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Re: [OM] Oly Shutter Speed Control

Subject: Re: [OM] Oly Shutter Speed Control
From: "Gregg Iverson" <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:06:50 -0400

Winsor Crosby wrote:
> 
>You adjust for  exposure on the light meter. Look at the camera.
> Whoops. 1/30 th of a second.  Move up to 1/125 of a second and open up two 
> stops. It is so much easier to adjust aperture and speed at the same time 
> when using both hands. I did it frequently with my cameras BO(before
> Olympus). It is not ergonomic to have to adjust focus, aperture and speed in 
> sequence with one hand.

It is if you keep your eye to the viewfinder.  After all, the exposure
is only important if you have something to shoot. After a while, the one
hand adjustments become second nature - almost as if the camera has
become part of your vision. (is that possible?)
> 
>
> Does anyone one have an OM3? Is its shutter ring stiff because of
> mechanical linkages like the OM1? My OM4T ring is quite smooth, but it is> 
> after all, I think, just a switch for the electronically timed shutter.
> 
> My OM1 and OM4T are very similiar in the feel of the shutter ring.

Gregg
> 
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California, USA
> mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx
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