> Any reason to assume that the "electronic" OMs (OM-2S, etc.) have either
> more accurate or more stable shutters than the OM-1s? I have heard this
> but wonder if it is borne out in real life.
Just one data point with one sample pair (and my son just wrapped
up his first science fair project, where he heard _all_ about the
need for more than one sample :-) )...
At the Mid-Atlantic Oly Fest earlier this year (thanks again
Tomoko!), I had the opportunity to have the shutters of my OM-1
and OM-2 checked by another lister (thanks Rand!). The shutters
of both camearas were consistent (answers the stability point).
The OM-2's shutter was absolutely spot on according to the tester;
the OM-1 was typically about ten percent slow. In either case,
a very good result for a pair of cameras that haven't been
serviced in a while. In particular, my OM-2 is not what one
would call a particlarly "clean" example, but it's still able
to deliver the goods.
Rand's comment to me was that this was pretty typical performance
of the Olympus' he's seen (and he's seen many) -- the electronic
shutters are extremely accurate; the mechanical shutters just a
shade less accurate, but they're all very good indeed.
As I said, just one data point...and no, we didn't put the
cameras in the freezer to see how they would behave at low
temperatures :-)
jim
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