While I got my hands on an OM-2000 as quickly as I could when it first came out,
I quickly put it back down and hadn't seriously considered actually buying one.
OM-1n's still being more comfortable in my hands. But after getting an OM-4 and
becoming a convert to "The Joy of Spot Metering". I found myself picking up and
actually reading an Olympus brochure on the 2000- "OM 2000 Spot Metering
Mechanical Shutter 35 mm SLR Camera". Naturally I looked for the fine print,
which left me wondering about a few things.
First off the pamphlet pictures an Olympus "Electronic Flash S20" which I've
never heard about outside the pamphlet (GN 20 reduced to GN 14 with wide adapter
- to 24 mm Any comments, experience with this flash? Usable on other OM's?
Secondly there were two notes against "Other Olympus Zuiko Interchangeable
Lenses*" the second of which was "Use of the Zuiko 600 mm and 1000 mm lenses is
not recommended because a portion of the image area will not be visible in the
viewfinder." Which left me thinking "So?", I mean, I know the viewfinder only
has 93 overage is that what they're talking about? And why would that be a
problem? Is this a drawback to having a fixed focusing screen? (And not that
I'm likely to end up with either of these lenses in the near future - but I am a
Zuikoholic...)
And finally, the impression that the pamphlet left is that the spot metering on
the 2000 is limited to one sample (as opposed to the 1-8 you can take with the
OM-4). Is this correct?
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