This sounds like the kind of self-fulfilling prophecy that's made Windows
and Photoshop the "industry standards." Products often become de facto
standards by default. Competitors either can't keep up or just give up.
From what I've seen any camera or lens that isn't regularly exercised can
develop problems with lubrication. The stuff either migrates to the wrong
areas or congeals. Regular use and reasonably careful handling and storage
seems to help prevent this.
So your acquaintance's prophecy becomes self-fulfilling. He likes Nikon
lenses, uses them regularly, therefore they don't develop problems.
Nikonistas are just as emotional and illogical about their choice of gear as
any of us. I'm a longtime Canonite for similarly silly reasons. Fact is,
I've seen long neglected Min-not-an-OM-olta SRTs and Pen-not-an-OM-tax
Spotmatics still soldiering on long after everything else in the pawn shops
had surrendered.
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From: Ruediger Betzold <rudy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
intro: just bought a Zuiko 3.5/50 macro from a Nikkon guy who
played around a little with OM
(said he uses Nikkon for over 25 years as journalist)
we get into some smalltalk and now I'm wondering myself
He want's to convice me that the shutter curtains from OM cameras are
not so long-lifing and more error prone
than those from Nikkon (he was talking about the
Nikkon proffesional series for journalists, etc), says the problem is
mostly
the textile style of the shutter and the way it is build/constructed
in the Olympus
cameras. Because I never have had a Nikkon in my hand I don't know the
material
the Nikkon shutters are made (not textile ? some sort of metal plate ?)
The other curious thing: he said that Olympus lenses may get some problems
from the mechanics of the diaphragm if they are not used for some time
(he means 2 or 3 years or up) e.g. put the lens in a shelf.
The lubricant gets old and the diaphragm may stick and of course he never
had these problems with Nikkon.
As some form of argument he said that almost all journalists
(at least in germany) use Nikkons and not Olympus.
Just for information what's up with these stories (/tales) ?
I guess he can't be right cause he isn't a zuikoholic ;-))
Rudy
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