Erwin;
Erwin Voogt wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> After being off this list for about 1.5 year,
> finally I have some time to participate.
> (OK, you are right: I just have some questions,
> that's why I drop in...)
>
> First some questions and then a few reactions on
> several topics passing by last weeks.
>
> On April 1st I will visit San Francisco and I was
> wondering if there are any interesting Oly-selling
> shops which I should visit. What is the current
> price of an OM-4ti in the US? And of an OM-3ti?
> About the OM-3ti: is its battery consuming behaviour
> simular to the OM-4 (= eye-brow raising)?
> On reason why I am thinking of buying an OM-3ti is that
> my OM-1 is using the same battery for over a decade
> while my OM-40/PC and late OM-4 are using batteries
> in unpleasant amounts.
I live in Scotts Valley, a bit over an hour South of San Fran. I don't
know of any good Oly shops in this area. There's one place in Palo Alto
- Keeble and Shuchart - which carries a lot of used equipment, but very
little Oly anymore. You may find something in there, I wouldn't bet on
it. There's also Adolph Gasser in SF, but their prices tend to be a bit
high.
Current prices: 3Ti $1500; 4Ti $1049. These are B&H prices. Locally,
I'm sure it would be a special order item. I was in one of the larger
camera stores in the area, San Jose Camera, recently and asked if they
had a 3Ti I could look at. Had to tell the salesman 3 times "OM-3Ti"
before a spark of recognition came to his face and he laughed and said
he hasn't seen one of those in years.
3Ti probably uses batteries more similar to OM-1 than OM-4.
> A touristic question: did any of you visit Yosemite
> recently? What is the condition of the roads between
> Mono Lake and the Tioga pass?
>
Yes, I was there 2 weeks a go. The Tioga Pass is ONLY open from about
May 15 to about Oct 15 give or take a coupla weeks, depending on
weather. It's a long drive from Mono Lake to Yos this time of year.
> Last topic of this mail: focussing screens.
> I recently brought a 1-6 (all clear, with microprisms
> in the center, designed for telephoto lenses).
> It is more usefull then I expected: it can be used even
> with a 35/2 (but not with less bright lenses < 70 mm),
> works excellent with the 50/3.5 at macro distances, and
> an constant correction of 1/2 stop for the OM-1
> is applicable. I was wondering if the same holds for the
> 2-13 screen: can you use a simple correction for the
> exposure? (I suppose the answer is yes)
You are right. But you will have to modify the 2-13 slightly to fit in
an om-1.
>
> OK, enough so far.
> This long mail compansates for 1.5 year silence...
> I hope to join the next discussions a little bit sooner
> than 2001...
George
>
> Bye
>
> Erwin Voogt
> Utrecht, The Netherlands.
>
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