P.S. I think a few respondents missed the fact that you were reporting a
non-Olympus camera as being declared beyond economic repair. And you are
thinking of going non-Olympus? Doesn't that tell you something?
Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV
Good one, Gary.
I bought a Canon F1n, the last all mechanical, non auto exposure
professional level camera, and suffered with it for two years before
I had enough and bought my Olympus OM4TBlack which had just come out.
It would be interesting to call Canon and ask whether this model
would be repaired by them. I doubt it. Oly will still work on the
OM4T.
It is also interesting that although this model was replaced in the
model line up shortly after I got it, compared with the Oly 4 some
version of which had been out several years, it had a delicate(broken
by a minor bump that did not leave a mark on the camera) mechanical
match needle exposure meter movement with a center weighted
sensitivity(not a spot), made a horrible, loud clacking noise when
the mirror returned(normal), no TTL flash, weighed about 2 pounds
before mounting the lens and still used a mercury battery. It was
also during this era that many of the new Canon lenses for it were
being replaced with lenses with plastic mounts. I bought it because
someone whose photos I admired used one. One of those mistakes you
learn from.
Winsor
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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