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Re: [OM] OM bodies--and system ease of use?

Subject: Re: [OM] OM bodies--and system ease of use?
From: *- DORIS FANG -* <sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:14:37 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 ALEXSCIFI@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I must add that I was surprised by prior postings to this that still, for many
> people the OM1 or OM2 remain favorites even over the OM 4 with it's super
> elegant metering system and automation

[Warning: Fang-rant in progress]

  In my case, the use of hand-held meters (I usually --- but not always
--- prefer to work in incident mode) renders any of the in-camera metering
systems moot. 

--not the mention the continued
> preference of OM over the plethora of autofocus choices today.

  In my case, I also own AFs and a certain notorious rangefinder camera
(no, not just the XAs!). 

> This seemed to
> me to raise a fundamental question--what is the relationship between system
> complexity and individual creativity?

   IMO, it's an individual thing. Even the most complex cameras can 
be used in simple modes. I want my cameras to act as seamless catalysts
between visions and images, not as a clumsy interface to be
tolerated ! The technology has to be autonomic, like breathing, if it
is to serve one well. Practice, study & reflection integrates the
technology and the photographer into harmony and grace. 
I have simply learned that some  cameras & lenses work better for me. The
hardware that dances in my hands; that becomes transparent as the light
turns seductively ephemeral... as the moments begin to count and the
mind races a few seconds into the future, probabilities going through the
roof or distilling towards the inevitable, allowing me to see clearly,
without any impedance, is what I want with me. Olympus fits. 

                                *= Doris Fang =*
                                    [end rant]



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