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[OM] Re: OM-88(What were they thinking?)

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-88(What were they thinking?)
From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:10:29 +0800
There is an optional manual adapter for the OM-88, I have one with my 
camera, you can control both aperture and shutter speed. To complete the 
collection you need one :-)

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Kato" <wkkato@xxxxxxxxx>



>I just picked up an OM-88 (OM-101) to complete my collection.  So far I 
>have
> one or more of each body except the 3Ti.  What a piece of garbage this
> camera was.  There are no controls of any type for aperture or shutter
> speed.  The entire thing was programmed by a schedule something like the
> OM-2s.  The only control is a 1.5 stop backlighting control.  The only 
> good
> thing is that the power focus works better than the PF on the OM-77. The
> point and shoot division of Olympus took over a part of the SLR team--what 
> a
> blunder.
>
> In its defense, you can use manual focus Zuikos with the adapter.
>
> Warren


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