The ECR was may favorite for the bright coupled rangefinder focusing. Other ECs
have zone focus.
John
S B TEOH wrote:
> Hi Steve, I am new to the list and have been just reading the many
> interesting comments about OM gear.
> I have an ECR which was released in 1972 one year after the EC2. It is very
> much the same as the EC2 except that the light sensor was transfer from the
> view finder section to the front of the lens barrel. Here are some details:
>
> E.Zuiko lens: 42mm f2.8 (5 elements E=5) Filter size: 43.5mm
> Shutter: Seiko electronic shutter (4sec - 1/800sec). Will not work without
> batteries.
> Power Source: 1.4v (I'm using Panasonic NR52)
> Finder: 0.7x magnification, yellow low shutter speed warning, green flash
> indicator lamp.
> Flash: Automatic switching when flash is attached.
>
> The 35EC marks the beginning in 1970 of a series of electronic shutter
> compact 35mm cameras. Followed by EC2, ECR and lastly, the ED in 1974.
>
> sAt 10:33 PM 10/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >OK, I confess, my Zuikoholism lead me to by an Olympus EC-2 without knowing
> >what the heck it was barring 35mm. It seems to take two batteries and either
> >the shutter doesn't work or doesn't work without batteries. Hints on what
> >batteries, or at least what voltage? and how this thing functions - I can
> >already tell that it was on the low end (or at least it scale focuses via
> >pictograms).
> >
> >
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