On Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 15:35, Daniel J. Mitchell
wrote re "RE: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise" saying:
> > Way back when Maitani came up with some brilliant
> > ideas to conserve camera weight on an SLR and thus the
> > OM system was born.
>
> Just curious -- what did he do that made them lighter than the
> competition?
No removable prism. Shutter dial around lens. Re-design from first
principles. Use shutter strings not ribbons. Use latest materials (as of
1972) See http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/om_1.html
> > Today the thinking seems to be
> > 'its plastic, it'll be lighter so lets just replace
> > every metal piece with plastic.' The metal OM bodies
> > just can't compete with an all plastic body in terms
> > of lightness; same thing about lenses.
Well, if they used more titanium & carbon fibre....
The Olympus Stylus Epic is probably the smallest full-frame 35 (The
Tessina is smaller but heavier and has 14x21mm negs) and it has auto
focus, spot metering, motor drive & rewind and energy-saving flash.
Plastic body, f/2.8, 145g, the size of 3 film boxes, and $80. So they
haven't lost their creativity.
tOM
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