Joel wrote:
>
> The biggest leap both in concept and reality is from the OM-1 to OM-2.
On a side note, I've got an Olympus dealer sales manual for the OM-1
and OM-2 from 1979. I can infer from the text that Olympus was having
a problem convincing consumers (and some dealers) that the OM-2 was a
cutting-edge electronic camera. The manual teaches a complex protocol
for showing the customer the concept of TTL/OTF, and emphasises that the
appearance of the OM-2 is deceiving.
It's true that the OM-2 looks, feels and sounds just like an analog
camera, especially the viewfinder with the swinging needle. (The only
hint are the silent long exposures, and battery check.) Does anyone
remember when LED's first showed up on consumer electronics in the late
70's? Clocks, Beta VCR's, stereo components, cameras, lapel pins (!) .
. . . .If you didn't have lots of "electronic" displays then you were
last year's model. So, although the OM-2 was ahead of it's time it had
the look of something just behind it: The subsequent OM bodies all have
"electronic" viefinders even if, like the OM-10, they are not as
advanced as the OM-2.
Morgan Sparks
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