Mark Lloyd wrote:
>The only gripe I have
>(which may come as a suprise to some of you who have
>been in OM a lot longer) is the wind lever. Since I am
>used to the ratchetyness of the 4 I find the OM-1n's
>ultra smooth winding a bit unsettling, a bit less
>tactile than I am used to. That and the fact that in
>the beginning I wouldn't wind it enough since it has a
>wider arc. My thumb would stop on the spot it usually
>did with the 4(t) but that wouldn't go far enough for
>the 1n.
Mark, it's like getting a trigger job on your "friends" (Smith & Wesson).
Once you try it, and get used to it, you'll never want anything else.
You just can't beat the wind mechanism of the early OMs. The mechanism was
busted on the OM-2S I bought for my bro-in-law (repaired by John H. as part
of a CLA & flash indicator LED conversion). One of the OM-2S's weaknesses,
apparently. I always wind mine ever-so-gently, as if it's fragile (which it
very well may be).
Rich
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