JW -
Harmonic resonance? Oh! You mean "vibrations"! ;^)
Not to "pick nits, but I _did_ say, "For a mechanical/manual
camera...." The 2s & 4's _do_ all need batteries.
And, sure, I carry a 4T for some things - it and the 2n come in
neck-'n-neck (pun? what pun?) for 2nd place in my book. But like I say,
for what it _does_ (note, not "what it _did_" - it still does what it
does better than anything else), the OM-1(n) is the best camera ever.
To pick any Pentax mechanical over it (the OM-1) is inexcuseable!
OK, I'll step down off the soap box now.... ;^)
jowilcox wrote:
>
> >===== Original Message From clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in part =====
> >The 25 _BEST_ cameras? "Best" means what it means - not "best for it's
> >day", or "a milestone, surpassed by time". If you're talking about the
> >BEST, you've _got_ to include the OM-1. It does what it does better
> >than virtually every like-camera ever made. For a mechanical/manual
> >camera, it's unsurpassed.
>
> Let's not get carried away. I love my OM-1's, but I'm quite certain I get
> superior results from the OM-2S and OM-4T, particularly in the vulnerable
> speeds from 1/2 to 1/30 where shutter/aperture stopdown can set up a harmonic
> resonance of sorts. The true MLU of the OM-1 is no deterrent of this,
> unfortunately. Gary Reese's results in lens tests using the OM-1 (and his
> subsequent retesting with the OM2000 and OM-4) show the effect of this little
> harmonic resonance, which accounts for almost a full grade of degradation in
> some of his lens tests.
>
> The OM-1 is my favorite camera for handheld shooting in cold weather, though I
> would use the OM2000 for tripod shots where the vulnerable shutter speeds are
> involved and I don't trust the batteries of the OM-2S or -4T.
>
> Joel (OM-1 curmudgeon) Wilcox
> Iowa City, Iowa USA
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