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Re: [OM] Importance of staying consistent / My thoughts on OM4 Spot mete

Subject: Re: [OM] Importance of staying consistent / My thoughts on OM4 Spot meter button
From: Thomas Heide Clausen <thomas.clausen@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 14:13:48 -0700
On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Buddy Walters wrote:
> Hi Thomas and All,
> I woke up this am thinking about this thread. (No wise cracks - my wife is
> out of town).
> I remembered one of my "Golden Rules" I learned very very young.  I follow
> this rule so much it dictates my choices more than I probably realize.
> 
> That rule is to "Stay consistent with your equipment".
> 
> In the outdoors, things can happen so fast that one slight hesitation can
> dictate the outcome.  Lets take fishing reels for example.  For those that
> fish, have you ever given consideration to the placement of the "Drag"
> control or its turning direction.  If you use 2 different reels, you will
> probably fumble around with that drag each time you need to make an
> adjustment, and that is usually when you have the catch of a life time on.
> Result = fish on / fish off.  If your reels are the same, you are in Auto
> Pilot - No problem.
> So the Golden rule applies to cameras also.
> Swapping from one style of camera body controls to another is the key reason
> for "fumbling" around.  If you want to operate in Auto Pilot, then stay with
> one body style.
> 

Wise words - and I agree....however Olympus did make the sad decission to end
the OM2s/p before I got around buying more bodies. Hence the only option when
"upping" from the remaining OM1/2's I have was the OM4.....and we all do know
the advantage of having multiple bodies ready at the same time.

If OM would resume the OM2s/p-line, I'd probably be buying a few and putting
all the other babies on sale. However it is even more unlikely that they do
that, than that they make an OM5/6......

--thomas

> Food for thought.
> Buddy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Thomas Heide Clausen
> Subject: RE: [OM] My thoughts on OM4 Spot meter button
> 
> Buddy Wrote:
> > Button Placement;
> > I fully agree with your complaint on the location of the spot button.
> > But, I have over years, learned how to reach and find it automatically.
> > Quite frankly, I never give it a second thought.  It just happens.
> 
> > If I were to complain about anything, it would be the depth of field
> preview
> > button on the lens.  I am ALWAYS fumbling around feeling for it.
> Thomas wrote:
> However that's lens desigh rather than body design. Although I agree...
> 
> 
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  Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt)
  M.Sc in Computer Engineering

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