Three things really bother me about this camera:
1) The never-ready metering. It's really inconvenient to have to hold
one finger on the shutter release while trying to adjust for correct
exposure. I'm just amazed they didn't put a 2cent timer circuit or just
an RC net so it would work like the 4T, 3T, 2S etc meters, ie
auto-shutoff.
2) The self-timer switch sounds like it will break off the next time I
use it. Some day, it will.
3) The Nikon-like on switch: having to move the wind lever about 30
degrees out from the body so that anything will work. There is an easy
work around for this in the archives. I haven't done it yet but I will
some day.
Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> Hi Ingemar,
>
> I sat down with the OM2000 and studied its "build quality" last night. The
> only really obvious "structural" plastic on it is the back. The timer
> lever has a somewhat cheap or gimpy feel to it. Given the amount of use it
> gets (I use it for the equivalent of MLU), it will probably be the first
> thing to break on mine. The lever to shift from center-weighted to spot
> seems a bit flimsy. Those are the most apparent weaknesses. I trust
> 1998-era plastics more than OM-10 era plastics, too, but what I see really
> is mostly aluminum.
>
> The film advance lever and mechanism seem cheaper than my OM-2S but
> smoother and more fluid. The shutter is louder and not as sexy of course
> (!), but the OM-2S is in a class by itself in the sexy shutter competition,
> as we all know. (Clive, you out there?)
>
> One of the things I have to "work around" with the OM2000 is the
> never-ready display -- the fact that you have to have your finger slightly
> depressing the shutter button to get a meter reading. I do find it nice to
> have the display up and running for a period of time while I adjust things
> on the tripod, look and meter, adjust, look and meter some more. I find it
> convenient simply to put a cable release in the shutter and use it
> "remotely" to actuate the meter. One could even use the bulb lock on a
> decent cable release to keep the meter actuated indefinitely in this way
> (but I have not yet done that). I would predict that the lack of a
> "meter/display on" mode might be a hurdle for your mother and sister if
> there is a meter-on mode in the OM-10. The OM2000 seems a better match for
> persons who are beginning in photography and want to learn to control all
> the elements of exposure; and for experienced photographers who continue
> to like and exploit that control.
>
> Also, it's hard to compare things you can buy new with things you can't.
> As long as my OM2000 is working well, all I can say is I feel like a bandit.
>
> If you want your OM-10 back, I wouldn't hesitate getting your mother and
> sister a OM2000. If you could find them a good OM-2N or OM-2S, they might
> enjoy this camera more coming off of an OM-10. But that's just a guess.
>
> Joel Wilcox
> Iowa City, IA USA
>
> At 05:04 PM 11/18/1999 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >The reason why I ask, is that I at the moment have my OM-10 and three lenses
> >(35/2.8, 50/1.8 and 75-150/4) lend out to my sister and mother.
> >It seems that they are hooked on the OM/Zuiko stuff, so I am thinking of
> giving
> >them an OM2000 for Christmas. But before I do, I would like to know if I
> by them
> >a camera that will last longer and be more free from future problems than the
> >OM-10. Not that I have any problem with the OM-10, but I think it is good for
> >comparing - I really can't compare an OM-1N or an OM-2N to the OM2000, can I?
> >If it seems that the OM2000 will be as good or better as the OM-10, then
> it is a
> >good by. But if it seems not, then I will have to consider another body for
> >them.
> >
> >Sorry for confusing you all.
> >
> >--
> >Regards/
> > Ingemar Uvhagen
> > Gislaved, Sweden
> >
> >
> >
> >
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