An interesting little history of the Nikon FM and FE is at
http://mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonfeseries/index.htm
It actually gives great credit to the OM-1 and OM-2 in terms of design.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Ross [mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 7 January 1999 21:24
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] to anyone who is interested
At 21:12 06/01/99 +1100, Frank wrote:
>I bought the OM-1 because all the hiking friends I had who
>actually brought back slides from such trips used either
>Nikon FM's or Olympus OM-1's, and the FM had a nasty little
>93% viewfinder and a prong on the lens that scratched your
>finger. It was also twice the price and looked like a 1950s
>waffle iron.
*laugh* I shall show that to my Nikon-owning friend who thinks that nothing
comes close :-)
Richard
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