Lee and Moose, how about adjustable eyepiece (ie.
minus 3 to plus 2), for those of us who have not found
a good solution to the expensive and easy to lose add
on diopters. Or at least a screw in eyepiece that
can't slip off and get lost! Other than that I'm real
happy with my OM-1's. Or maby contracting with Cosina
to build a upgraded OM-2000X with the features many
are asking for. From handling a R2 it seems these
people really know what they are doing. John Robison
--- dreammoose <dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, I gotta ask.
>
> Other than leaving out the prism foam, what would
> you want to change for
> longevity? My first Oly, a pre MD OM-1, needs the
> back foam replaced and
> I had to clean up the prism foam. Otherwise it is
> fully functional,
> including an accurate meter. It's gone maybe 27
> years and is clearly
> good for many more.
>
> What performance improvements? Flash sync at higher
> speeds, meter
> provision for higher film speeds (1600 is enough for
> me) and spot
> metering are about all I can think of. Oh yeah, and
> aperture prefire. Of
> course in a new camera, you are going to lose the
> meter needle and get
> LED/LCDs., losing one of the things I like most
> about the OM-1 & 2.
>
> Get a nice clean OM-1(n) that's been sitting around
> most of the last 20+
> years so nothing is really worn (lots of those
> around) and has a clean
> prism (or get it replaced with one from an OM-10 or
> 20(G)), get it CLAed
> and adjusted to 1.5v battery and you've got your
> OM-Z And way cheaper
> than a new model would be!
>
> Moose
>
> Lee Penzias wrote:
>
> > I'd be happy if they simply reproduced the OM-1
> with improved
> > materials for longivity and better performance and
> called it the OM-Z.
> > The proverbial mechanical swiss watch. No
> batteries necessary except
> > for the meter of course ;)
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