~~~~~ Chung, Stephen said:
>Slavery?....well I reckon all cameras are slaves to their master's bidding.
>In fact, having no auto-exposure modes or spotmeter I think the OM1 requires
>it's master to work that little bit harder in arriving at a suitable
>exposure setting for the picture he/she has in mind. To my way of
>thinking(and I use the term loosely), that is a major attraction of using
>the OM1, plus it looks cuter than a bug in a rug don't you think?
If only! My cameras sometimes have a mind of their own and take pictures
of boring subjects, unwanted corner intrusions such as litter or
branches...
Also: I have never come across the lack of mirror damping. The shock
absorbers built-in to the mirror assembly were designed specifically to
avoid this problem.
Chris
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