At 7:23 PM -0600 11/12/99, Jim Lawler wrote:
>I've been watching this thread closley as I am decided on an OM(?)
>purchase in the near future and have this question.
>
>According to the information at
>http://www.veluwen.demon.nl/om-sif/bodygroup/om2000.htm
>
>the OM 2000 "wasn't even manufactured by Olympus at all. Instead it is a
>slightly patched design from and made by Cosina."
>
>Does this have any impact on the Oly faithful? And what is know about
>Cosina in general?
>
Oh boy, time for some rants, maybe.
That is correct, the OM2000 and others are made from the same basic body by
cosina. the body has a lot of polycarbonate in it, which may or may not be
bad. some like the disposablity of the camera. the basic camera appears to
have a lot of N*k*n influence, from the vertical copal shutter, to the led
meter in the viewfinder, etc. there are some advantages with this camera.
for example, the flash synch speed is higher (1/125th), the body is
lighter.
from what I can tell, cosina makes good products, just not outstanding ones
like olympus does (though i have no experience with new olympus gear).
i like olympus OM bodies because of the shutter speed ring around the lens
mount, which makes changing shutter speeds with my eye in the viewfinder
easier. I want to get a OM-4t at least because of the viewfinder info which
includes shutter speed, etc. at least I think it does. the earlier OM's
only have metering info in manual modes.
I just wished more pros used the OM series so that there would be more
corporate support.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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