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Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise

Subject: Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise
From: Bill Stanke <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:16:03 -0800
Bill,

The bellows is avilable new from B&H ($279), or used from KEH ($126 for
LN-, $109 for Ex+ and $72 BGN), all with the dueal cable release.

Bill Stanke

> William Clark wrote:
> 
> I think my dad's concern is just how long can a system last.  This all
> started with his attempt to find a bellows.  We went though 3 in our
> search and all had age problems.  He doesn't want to switch just for
> the sake of switching, but to ensure that he doesn't wake up one day
> to find oil all over his aperture blades and camera not working.  I
> may be over-simplifying matters, but he is asking a fundamental
> question:  can we trust the OM system and lenses to be there 10 years
> from now?  I think so, but it is a concern given the age it is now.
> 
> -Bill Clark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Stanke [mailto:bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:55 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise
> 
> Winsor,
> 
> I suspect that you are right about AF.  It's sad that 20+ years of the
> 
> camera industry's R&D have not yielded better results.  I would be
> interested in George's experience with his Contax N1, since it should
> be
> the "state of the art" in AF.
> 
> IMHO AF is one of the few areas where the OM system doesn't "spec out
> on
> paper" well, compared with a "Wonderbrick".  A higher flash synch
> would
> be nice, as would reading the DX encoding (maybe).  It is a real
> tribute
> to the genius of the original OM design that it hasn't been topped
> after
> all these years.
> 
> The point I was trying to make was that if I was going to the trouble
> of
> selling my stuff/buying new stuff/learning to use the new stuff that I
> 
> would want to point to some tangible improvement over what I already
> had.  Trading an OM-2n for a FM3a looked more like moving sideways.  A
> 
> better analogy would be the move to a 645 system, where you could
> justify the effort by saying "well, it was for the bigger negative".
> 
> Bill Stanke
> 
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
> >
> > >Bill,
> > >
> > >I think people should do "that which makes them happy".
> > >
> > >The FM3a specs out remarkably similar to an OM-2n.  The OM is
> better in
> > >some areas (low light metering) and the FM3a is better in others
> (flash
> > >synch speed, mechanical shutter on all speeds).
> > >
> > >Are N*kon lenses better? Maybe (probably).  If image quality is a
> > >serious concern, then dad should be using a monopod or tripod.  Or,
> 
> > >upgrading to a MF outfit.
> > >
> > >If I were going to the trouble of moving to a different system, I
> would
> > >want more of an improvement, such as auto-focus.
> > >
> > >My two cents.
> > >
> > >Bill Stanke
> >
> > Many of us do not see auto-focus as a improvement.  As a friend of
> > mine says of his higher priced AF Pentax, "Good enough for machine
> > prints, but not for slides." :-)
> > --
> > Winsor Crosby
> > Long Beach, California
> >
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