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

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-88(What were they thinking?)
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:14:36 -0500
As subcontractor for Olympus, the 88/101 was a model I eventually got 
stuck with. Hated it.

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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com  |  omtech1 AT verizon.net


Warren Kato wrote:
> 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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