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Re: [OM] Re: macro posts please

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: macro posts please
From: "Paul Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:53:11 -0600 (CST)
On my examples, at least, I find that the 2N has a greater usable range
for TTL flash than the 4T. It will handle closer distances and wider
apertures by about 1 stop or so. This means its TTL system is faster
reacting. This may be due to using analog electronics for TTL shutoff
rather than emulating then with a digital computer. 

OM LCDs seem to last longer than most. Many early LCD-using cameras are
dead and irreparable now. In 20 years most 4 s and 2sp s will be dead,
but the 1 s and non-SP 2 s should still be going strong.

> 
> I agree, Rand
> 
> Of course TTL is good for macrophotography (and photomicrography!)
> But you will not often need spot-measurement, certainly not in
> bigger-than-lifesize macro. 
> I think this is the main reason that in laboratories you will find
> more OM2N's than OM4(T)'s mounted on microscopes or VST/bellows
> set-ups. 
> Another important reason is the better viewfinder. Especially in the
> low light situations often met in macro/micro every extra ray of light
> reaching the screen instead of passing _through_ the mirror counts.
> 
> I also think that the OM2N's will finally outlive the OM4's. LCD's
> don't last that long, so we are told...  
> 
> Frank van Lindert
> Utrecht NL.

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