My OM-2S looks like it has had a thousand rolls of
film run through it. And you know what? It actually
has had around a thousand rolls run through it.
Reliable? Absolutely! Problems? ASA dial. Battery
consumption? Normal--I go through 2-4 sets a year. A
whole lot less since the flash conversion was done.
The OM-2S is, in my humble opinion, superior to the
OM-4(ti) in handheld photography and E-6 photography.
The OM-4(ti) has an edge with the multispot metering
in B&W and complex lighting conditions.
The viewfinder is brighter than the OM-4's (except for
the data display).
Program mode? It has it's place. It works best when
using focal lengths in the 35-135mm range and can be a
tremendous help when working in a fast changing
environment where your health is more important than
twiddling with knobs.
Funny thing is that you wouldn't buy a new camera
today that doesn't have at least six different program
modes. Frankly, the program mode is
semi-user-adjustable for higher speeds anyway.
If it is any indication, I've owned an OM-1md, OM-2md
and a OM-2S. I sold the OM-1md and the OM-2md and
kept the OM-2S. I did, however, just buy an OM-4 from
Tom. Any percieved battery consumption problems are
more than offset by the superior metering capability
of the OM-2S over the OM-2n.
Don't worry about reliability. We're talking about 15
year old cameras here. If it croaks? Replace it with
another bargain. Any new professional grade camera is
going to cost you a minimum of $1000. I figure that I
can go through a used OM-2S every two years and still
come out on top. Fortunately, I've only needed to CLA
mine periodically.
Brassing is a good thing, too. I would rather get a
15 year old camera that is proven to have worked
reliably than a questionable closet queen.
Although, british racing green would look good if I
had it repainted.
Ken N.
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