The shutter speed ring is perfect. And I like it on the manual.
Foxy
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>From: "Marcus b6" <marcusb6@xxxxxxxxxxx> - writ in part:
>Realizing that I stand a good chance of being impaled on a stake, my well
>poisoned, my fields salted, and my name wispered as a warning to
>children...do people actually like the shutter speed ring placement on
>OM's?
Yes, you're as good as dead now ... <G>
>I keep
>thinking I'll get used to the novelty of this arrangement, but I haven't
>yet. Promise me I will learn to love it, and I will try harder to believe
>that Maitani's genius as a designer is absolute. -Marcus (who otherwise
>loves his Zuiko's; and his compact, full featured camera bodies)
There's no question in my mind that the shutter speed ring is an
eccentricity. I don't know if it is genius, but it makes other things
possible, as for example on the OM-2(x) one of the easiest exposure
compensation dials imaginable, and on the OM-3(x) and OM-4(x) the greatest
metering system extant IMHO. Ironically, it is more of a nuisance on the
OM-1 than any other body, since setting the shutter speed is a constant
chore on a manual body. Even so, I guess I have gotten in the habit of
selecting shutter speed before putting eye to viewfinder in most cases based
on the type of shot in the offing.
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