On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Having the shutter-speed ring at the lens mount
> was one of the major reasons I decided to go with Olympus, rather than
> other of the many systems available in the 80'es.
I rather like it, too. That's one of the reasons I prefer the 35RD to
the 35RC also. The only thing I would say is that the OM shutter speed
ring could do with a couple more "ears" to grab hold of - sometimes I
lose track of them and have to look.
> Anyone knows, btw., if there were ever made other cameras with the shutter
> speed ring located as on the Olympi? I do not seem to remember any, but..
Does a Zeiss Ikon Contina count? They have the shutter & aperture rings
close enough together that you can turn both at the same time - keeping
the same exposure. All they lack is a rangefinder and a bit of
compactness.
> that the OM1-layout of the meter is the second-best in the world, only
> topped by that of the OM2s/p in manual mode....which essentially is the
> OM1-nedel in digital form, but with the benefit of being illuminated and
> thus usefull even at night.
I do wish that they'd somehow managed to put the backlight window in the
prism rather than where my finger sometimes rests, and maybe let a bit
more light in so I don't have to use the electric backlight as often.
With a 2-4 screen, I sometimes have to use it even in good daylight.
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