Ti is the rest-of-the-world model (I think it just stands for titanium)
while the US had the T. When T tops ran out, it may have been thought to be
uneconomical to make another run of them. "Lets just sell the Ti
everywhere" they said joyously.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4T vs. OM-4Ti
| >Hi,
| >
| >>Perhaps the manual changed to include multi language support for
| >>the Ti model? "i" indicating international?
| >
| >Well, it has already been mentioned that basically the 4T and the
| >4Ti are the same cameras (although there are some "CE" (Central
| >European) versions that seem to lack a pot meter (IIRC)), but I was
| >actually wondering about the other part of your question. Often it
| >is assumed that the "i" in Ti stands for international, but somehow
| >that does not make a whole lot of sense to me, as Olympus is a
| >Japanese brand, and therefore the United States should also fall in
| >their "international market".
| >
| >Rather, I was thinking the Ti simply comes from the chemical symbol
| >for titanium, which is Ti. More so, nowadays, all 3Tis and 4Tis that
| >are sold in the USA are labeled with Ti and not with T, so this may
| >attests to my assumption...
| >
| >Does anyone know for sure?
| >
| >Cheers!
| >Olafo
|
|
| Whether it is true or not, I like it better. :-)
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