At 12:47 AM 3/17/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>OM-3Ti - This is a sweet camera. Feels right in my hands, brings back my
>OM-1 'feelings'. The body is in perfect condition, so the natural thinking
>is that it woud be a keeper. That leads to the other side of the
>observation. One of the things that I've always liked about the 1 (and I'm
>sure the 1n) is that the process was simple. Adjust shutter and aperture
>until the needle is centered. Take picture. On the 3 (and the 4 for that
>matter), you are relying on an LED display that is hard to read. Oh, I get
>more information, like the shutter speed, in the viewfinder, but I have to
>squint to read it, even if I turn on the light. On the 1, it was just
>easier. Comments/thoughts? Maybe I'm just a diehard 1 fan, but I'm
>struggling with the 3. Maybe a good thing, as my investment in a nice 1n
>would certainly be less.
Yes, one might wish the display were more like the OM-2S in manual/spot
mode, but doubtless there were some economies in matching the OM-4 display
as much as possible. Do you wear glasses? My understanding is that it's
more of a challenge in that case. I find the OM-4T display to be good in
the sense that it is kind of a "bi-focal" view: you see the entire field
of view when you look straight through the viewfinder; you have to look
down a little when you want to be aware of the display. This works were
for me, but I can see why it might be annoying for someone else.
I would love to have a OM-3Ti. (Alas, the OM2000 is more like my budget.)
My main concerns would be whether its shutter is "quiet" in the 1/2 to 1/30
range, since the camera lacks the self-timer with aperture stopdown/shutter
prefire (ASSP? SPAS?). I would really concentrate on using the technique
recommended by Olympus of firing even tripod-mounted shots with your
finger, rather than with a cable release. This would be a great winter
camera in the north, and fooling with a cable release in the winter is not
pleasant, and even in temperate climates it might help absorb the shutter
shudders.
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
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