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[OM] Re: OM-1 Timer (was "Mirror Shake")

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 Timer (was "Mirror Shake")
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 13:09:36 -0500
At 11:59 AM 7/27/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>>Gary Reese wrote:
>> 
>> Looked at another way, here are what the leading models can offer towards
>> features that can be used to reduce vibrations:
>> OM-1: mirror lock-up only
>> OM-2, OM-3(Ti): nothing!
>> OM-2000, OM-2S, OM-4(T)(i): mirror lock-up and aperture stopdown (via the
>> self-timer)
>> OM-2000: shorter shutter travel (vertical)
>> 

>No one has mentioned it, do you suppose the difference in timers might
make a difference?  The OM 1 is a mechanical timer that really seems to
buzz, while isn't the OM 4T an electronic timer that would have no vibrations?
>
>Gregg
>

In tests where a laser pointer is reflected off the lens, there is no
movement of the reflection associated with the OM-1 timer mechanism, only
with shutter/aperture-stopdown activation.

Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA

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