At 10:30 AM 8/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I am interested in purchasing a new automatic body to supplement my OM-1n
>and OM-2S. I was looking at the OM-4 line. There appear to be three
>offered: the OM-4, the OM-4T and the OM-4Ti. From what I gather, the OM-4T
>is the titanium version of the OM-4, and the OM-4Ti is the OM-4T with an
>updated circuit to lower "battery drain". A couple of questions:
>
>1. Any reason to get an OM-4T instead of an OM-4?
>2. Is the battery drain problem on the OM-4 a significant problem?
>3. Given the cost differential, am I just as well of with another OM-2S?
If you're not bothered by replacing the batteries of the OM-2S, the battery
drain of a decent OM-4 probably won't bother you.
One good thing about the OM-4T(i) is it is newer than the OM-4. Again,
since the OM-4 and OM-2S are the same vintage, this may not be an issue.
For me the main point in getting an OM-4T was to have a camera still
supported by Olympus, and to have the ability to shoot long exposures in
auto based upon a spot reading held in memory with brackets, etc. This is
something the OM-2S just can't do. Otherwise, I didn't expect especially
to like it better than the OM-2S, and as it turns out I don't, but this is
just a personal preference. The OM-4T is truly a great camera.
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|