At 10:23 PM 1/27/2002 -0800, you wrote:
on 1/27/02 1:08 PM, Curtis P. Hedman at Curtis.P.Hedman-1@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Anyone else notice the irony of Nikon announcing a new MANUAL metal bodied
> SLR with interchangeable screens, motor drive compatibility, ttl flash
> metering, etc. (plus a full range of mechanical shutter speeds) - the
> FM3a - about the same time Olympus announces the end of the OM system?
Sigh!
>
Sounds like Nikon just caught up to the OM-3Ti...
--
Jim Brokaw
I wish, but not quite like that. With battery in auto mode it is like an
OM-2N -- fully electronic. Without batteries or in manual mode it is fully
mechanical. Not an OM-3Ti, but given the reputation of the OM-2N on list,
you can see the appeal. Timer is "tuneable" for short durations like FM2
(or OM2000 for that matter) with MLU and aperture stopdown. The scale of
the body is just a little bit bigger than a single-digit OM.
Down side: none of us who like the 2-series screens would probably care
for the viewfinder (though Nikkors are generally faster lenses than Zuikos
-- as they need to be -- so prepare to cough up some extra dough
there). Further, you probably have to be right-eyed (winder lever in
forehead syndrome) or cough it up again for an MD-12 motor drive. Further,
it you've gotten used to OM-3/4 or even OM-2S spotmetering, forget
it. Further, ugly shutter noise (I'm just guessing, never having laid
hands on one).
So if you're not already corrupted by N*kon, you probably won't go there.
Joel W.
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