Well now I feel at home I just went through the same thing except it wasn't
Nikon,
but I did just buy an OM-4 after I decided to stick with OM, inspite of the
lack of
support, as far as the lens' go what can really go wrong with them as long as
you
keep them out of the water, there pretty simple equipment and as for the body's
I
keep my fingers crossed, I read that the human eye still focuses more precise
then
auto focus!!!
Terry (hard to type with fingers crossed)
Wiese wrote:
> Well folks, after much belly-aching about switching to autofocus
> wonderbricks, I just bought an OM4.
>
> I've been seriously considering ditching some OM kit and buying up Nikon,
> but have finally decided to stick with Oly for now. The main things that are
> getting to me are flash features, and the thought of owning gear fully
> supported and being developed by the manufacturer.
>
> But I decided that that's not really worth the thousands of dollars it would
> take to replace my current outfit, at this point of my life. It will,
> however, happen sometime - I guess in 2 or 3 years - the advances in
> multi-point AF, flash systems, and [zoom] lens design will be too much to
> resist.
>
> In the meantime - I love the OM4, even though I've owned it less than a
> day.... I really like the handling, apart from the exposure comp., which is
> practically useless, but I don't use the one on the 2n that much, and I
> suspect hitting the spot button on a mid-tone would be faster anyway. The
> only other thing I'm unsure about is the beeping - I thought I hated it, and
> fiddled until I figured out how to turn it off, but then missed it straight
> away.....
>
> I need to clean the focussing screen, but apart from that the camera's 9
> condition (it even has the covers on the ttl and pc terminals - someone
> loved this camera ;-) and it came with a minty 'made in Japan' 50/1.8 -
> happy days
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy "watching the batteries" Wiese
> Sydney, Australia
>
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