Thanks for the quick review of the 2000. The shutter stop-down/mirror lock-up
sequence seems superior to the manual mirror lock up of the OM-1. It would be
ideal for astro-photography, which I am clumsily learning.
Question is....should I buy more lenses for my OM-1 or buy a 2000? Perhaps I
should wait until I get my auction money from ebay first. But then again, I
could
use plastic and pay it off later.....hmmmm.
jim
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> At 12:20 PM 11/10/1999 -0600, you wrote:
> >BTW: What's the consensus on the OM-2000? I saw the body and 35-70 zoom for
> >$200 at Camera World. Seemed like a decent deal. The spot metering, aluminum
> >body, and nice finish looks appealing. The lens looks cheap.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >jim mueller
> >
>
> Hi Jim and welcome. Consensus? What's that? <g>
>
> The OM2000 works very well for me. It doesn't seem anything like a
> traditional OM camera. If you insist on having shutter speed ring on the
> lens mount, you'll never cotton to this camera. The meters work very well.
> There is a shutter lock on it which I think is darn near a factory defect,
> but this is easily modified without wrecking any parts.
>
> No motor/winder capability or interchangeable screens. Viewfinder seems
> brighter than an OM-1, not quite as bright as an OM-2S/4T with a 2-series
> screen (which are newer, brighter screens -- but you can't use them in your
> OM-1 without some mods to the screen tab and probably your meter calibration).
>
> The self-timer gives mirror lockup and aperture stop down and can be cocked
> to fire after variable numbers of seconds. I've gotten exposures in 2-3
> seconds, which I find to be superior in its usefulness to the self-timer on
> the OM-2S and OM-4T, which can only shoot after running through its 10-12
> second sequence (unless you shut the timer off mid-sequence), although the
> mechanism on the OM2000 is a lot less sophisticated than on those other
> cameras. (Sorry, that was quite a sentence.)
>
> I'd skip the lens, from what I've heard.
>
>
> Joel Wilcox
> Iowa City, Iowa USA
>
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