I like the analogy between Ferraris and your OM2, "a photographic Ferrari!".
Let me add, can we not compare Ferrari's with women?? Ooops, did not mean to
offend the other gender. Just stating an observation that there are women to
live with that pretty much give one faithfulness, reliablility and maybe not
so much drama? Whereas those that could give all the excitement (and
grief!), are they not like Ferraris? They can equally bore a hole in your
pocket, is it not? Hmmm
let me hear what you guys think. As for me, I have always been happy with
Toyotas. The OM2n as I have is a Ferrari with Toyota reliability.
>From Titoy
----- Original Message -----
From: <Doggre@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] second body
> In a message dated 1/17/01 8:33:37 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> image66@xxxxxxxxx (Ken Norton) writes (re the OM-2S):
>
> > I
> > am sick and tired of hearing people grousing about the
> > battery life and how it "lets you down" when you need
> > it most. Huh?
>
> My feelings, too, Ken. That's what extra batteries are for. It's not
that
> much more difficult to change out batteries than to dig out and switch
over
> to another "backup" body (and maybe having to swap lenses, open up or
remove
> a "never ready" case, etc).
>
> If I get 6 mo. life out of the batteries in my OM-2S, I'll be happy. I
> don't intend on EVER leaving 1 roll of film in either of my OMs for months
> from now on. There are too many photo ops out there.
>
> I remove the batteries each time I'm through shooting. That's gotta help,
> even though it's kind of a pain. But it is also just simply good
practice.
> Leaving batteries in any consumer electronic device for long periods of
time
> is basically asking for trouble.
>
> Carrying extra batteries for the OM-2S is a small price to pay, in my
> opinion, to insure I can finish taking all the pics I want to on any given
> outing. Oh sure, I may occasionally miss a shot or two if it goes down in
> the middle of a shoot, but how many of those events will I really miss,
over
> time? Not many, I'm betting.
>
> A Ferrari takes a lot of time, money, and attention to keep it on the
road,
> running at its full potential. You think I would pass up a chance to own
> one, if I could somehow swing it? Not on your LIFE! Ditto with boats.
> Something ALWAYS rotting, breaking down, needing time and attention and
more
> $$$. I CAN'T WAIT to get my next one, and pour more money into that hole
in
> the water ("Nothing is so much worth doing as simply messing about in
> boats"). Extra batteries and a little futzing with them to keep the OM-2S
> going? Not an issue for me. It's a photographic Ferrari.
>
> Rich
>
> < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
> < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
>
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|