The OM 10 does have a significant mirror slap. It lacks the air dampers of
the more expensive 1's and 2's. The amount the mirror slap affects your
photos will depend on how hard you look for it. You can reduce the slap a
little by using the self timer, this does a partial mirror prefire. From
memory the OMPC/40 has a dual mirror setup similar to an OM2sp, this
probably results in a slower mirror movement and hence less noise.... (
Never owned an OM 40 so just speculating )
p.s If you want to feel mirror slap then try an OM 2000, it is much more
sever than the 10's...
The OM10 is a great camera, but does have a few limitations such as the
mirror slap.
Stuart Goggin --- Begin Message ---
I have a perfect specimen OM-10 that my photographically uninclined
father has kept socked away in a closet for years (too bad the store
salesman didn't steer him towards a OM-3 or 4). Anwyay, I've been clicking
away with it for some months now, and recently landed a fair deal on a PC. I
noticed right away, after comparing the operation of both cameras, that the
OM-10's shutter slap is much more pronounced. You can actually feel it in
your wrist, whereas with the PC I can only hear it (should I bother with
this ESP switch, I wonder?). Is this loud clacking fellow a common trait of
10's? Will my handheld shots, or tripod held for that matter, suffer reduced
sharpness, resolution, what have you? I haven't run any comparison tests
yet, but would like to get some input on this first. Thanks.
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