Winsor,
I knew they were real Ti. I was just really surprised to see how little
difference it made in the weight. Not much advantage over aluminum. Although
I suppose it would help an OM-4T(i) survive should one suddenly be
accelerated to hypersonic speeds. :-)
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Scott Gomez
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From: Winsor Crosby [mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4 vs. OM-4T
Part of the redesign of the circuitry was, I understand, the
transition to a flexible circuit board instead of the rigid one,
supposedly increasing its reliability and which may contribute as
much to the weight savings as the titanium top and bottom cover.
Those covers are real, by the way, unlike others such as Leica who
used titanium plating on base metal for the look and none of the
advantages. I believe I read somewhere, too, that additional efforts
were made to seal the camera from the weather. I could be wrong about
that.
Winsor
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