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Re: [OM] Why OM3/T?

Subject: Re: [OM] Why OM3/T?
From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 08:45:30 -0400
Julian wrote

>Ah, but the colour of a 3ti.....
No batteries is useful in *really* cold weather, where a spare will not
help. Allegedly. I've never managed to get a double - digit body to fail
from cold, let alone a 2 or 4.
>From a utility value, surely the comparison should include a 1? You get
1/2000 a spot meter and viewfinder correction (and TTL flash on a Ti) and
lose self timer and mirror lock - up. You also lose the silky - smooth wind
action of a 1. Of course, if it's cold enough to kill a 4, then you only
gain the 1/2000 and viewfinder correction over the 1, as the other gains
require the batteries. And, of course, a 1 will fire a flash without
batteries, which a 3 won't.
Ah, but the colour of a 3Ti...
IMHO it's collector value only. That's why my 3 and 3Ti both stay at home
LNIB. They're beautiful objects, but when I need a mech shutter, I reach for
an OM1. Otherwise I grab a 4Ti.

>Julian
>Cambs,



I don't have a 3 or 3t, but I would think the biggest advantage of one might
be build quality and reliability, at least that is what one should expect
for that price. And the fact that they were still available new after the
OM1n had been discontinued, so that if you wanted to buy new, the 1n wasn't
an option.
Otherwise, the 1n or 2000, either one, is a better cold weather camera in my
opinion, as they do everything the 3 will do when the batteries fail, plus
some things the 3 won't do, like self timer, or mirror lock-up, or mirror
and aperture pre-fire, or higher flash sync, or you say fire a flash (I
didn't know a 3 wouldn't do that, but if the batteries quit in the camera,
they probably are dead in the flash unit too).
As far as getting a battery dependent camera to stop working when it is
cold, I've  had it happen in  the past, to an OM10 and OMPC. I doubt the
single digits are any different, I just haven't tried my 2s. It doesn't take
very long in the weather like we've been having here the last few days,
sometimes -25 with wind chills to -50 or more, according to the weatherman.
I can't speak too much from experience the last few days, as I've been
stoking the fire :-)
Wayne


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