>Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>
>>The OM1 did nothing much new but did it very, very well. So did some
>>others. Pentax made the near indestructible K1000, for instance, still
>>being made in China and imported here (Aus) for the schools market - the VW
>>of cameras.
>
>Andrew,
>
>That was a great and well documented response on the OM/Spotmatic
>discussion. I would mildly disagree only that the OM 1 did nothing
>much new. The SLR was pretty much redesigned from top to bottom, not
>only reducing it in size but creating a professional level camera
>system that did not require native bearers to transport. Maitani's
>pledge for the lenses to equal or better the performance of any other
>maker's seemed to be kept in the reviews I read at the time. Staying
>away from car analogies, it would be sort of like saying that the
>Sony Walkman did nothing much new because it was not the first to use
>tape cassettes.
>
>I really enjoyed the sites in your response. Thanks.
>
>Winsor
>--
Oh gawd, yes - let's stay away from car analogies (close one that :-).
Thanks and you make a fair point - perhaps I was overstating for dramatic
effect. Maitaini's design was innovative but it was still a conventional
SLR - just smaller. The Walkperson changed the way we carried personal
music but did the OM change the way we did photography?
Andrew
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