I find the very opposite. I find the OM 4T ideal for
people photography. There is a reference in Ivar
Matanle's "Collecting and Using Classic SLRs to
Olympus SLRs that they were the mainstay of the
"fashion" crowd. He is referring to fashion and
journalistic photogs of the late 60s, 70s,80s. (Wasn't
the photographer in the movie Blowup using an
Olympus?)
I find the accumlative spot metering and exposure
memory to be invaluable in interactive people oriented
shooting where they may change outfits and/or move
from one setting to another (light to dark).
It has taken lots of practice. I can change
lens,winders replace film and etc. in the dark. I can
reach in to my bag and pull out the lens I want
without ever looking at them and get the one I want.
This is something any serious/professional/whatever
photog will know regardless of the brand or format
they are working with.
With all due respect, I believe such facility with any
brand gear has to be diligently acquired. Maybe you
haven't taken the time to do this with 4Ts.(Nikon is a
great system and if it works better for you then more
power to you!)
The 4T metering may be used to manage the very sticky
situation of photoing group photos of mixed
ethnicities. Concern a pale pink caucasian in dark
clothes and a very dark south Indian(from Kerla for
example) in light clothes and then a couple of
olive/yellow skinned Asians in a menagerie of colored
clothes at the beach(San Digeo Ca) around noon time in
the spring and the fog has burned off but it is partly
cloudy.
There is more than one way to solve this with the 4Ts
metering. Any suggestions from the list to show Tim
the possibilities?
One question about the Nikon. Can the Nikon tell you
the difference in f stops in reflectance between two
individuals with different complexions? Can it tell
you the difference in f-stops between the left and
right sides of a face when there is side lighting?
Andre
--- Tim Chakravorty <suchismit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The OM-4/Ti is a great camera, but from my
> experience its usefulness is mostly limited to
> nature
> photography where you have ample time to analyze a
> scene, mount it on a tripod, set exposure and
> shoot. Passion runs high among the list members for
> this camera and for good reason. Its metering
> scheme unrivaled in *any* camera is basically an
> implementation of the zone system. I know
> people who are so in love with their Nikons becuse
> of the 'spectacular' matrix metering..but they don't
>
> know the first thing about exposure. "I just set my
> N70 to matrix and fire away" If only you heard some
> the things he said about spot metering.... you would
> be ROFL ! Matrix metering will not teach you
> anything about exposure. Its for people who want
> acceptable pictures without a fuss.
>
>
> One thing I have rarely heard people suggest is to
> raise two families of camera systems, as long as
> they
> complement each other. For me Olympus is the
> primary system for focal lengths below 100mm,
> including
> macros. And going out on a limb here, I am afraid to
> say that the Zuiko family had no quality zooms in
> the
> 70-200 range. So I decided to start a new family
> with a Nikon N80(gifted to me), and the absolutely
> fabulous Nikkor 80-200/2.8ED. Sorry Zuikheads, but
> the Zuiko 85-250/5 is *nowhere* near the Nikkor
> 80-200/2.8, resolution or contrast. (I know this is
> blasphemy and I can see war breaking out.. :-) )
> The quality long lenses from Olympus ( 180/2, 250/2,
> 350/2) are very expensive and I truly don't see
> the
> rationale behind their cost. (Perhaps because they
> are old designs and manual focus ?) So for me the
> Nikon
> family will grow with the long lenses , maybe a
> 300/4 AF-S sometime in the future, while I will
> happily
> keep the shorter ones from Olympus.
>
> What does this mean for you ? If you want to be an
> expert nature photographer get an Om-4/Ti by all
> means. It just doesn't get any better than that. But
> if you want to pursue photojournalistic type of
> subjects,
> such as closeup grab shots of people , or even
> serious wildlife - forget Olympus. You will spend an
> eternity focusing and fumbling with the spot meter.
> So you might consider buying into another system,
> not necessarily by getting rid of what you have.
>
> Life is short. Taste the best of everything .
>
> -Tim
>
> > >I'm wondering on the intelligence of investing in
> an Om4-Ti. It's a
> > >dead system... But I would like spot metering on
> my Om1n, and I'm
> > >wondering if another brand wouldn't yield me a
> better buy? I
> > >currently have 3 lenses... and that seems to be
> the leverage in
> > >investment, but for an OM4Ti, I can buy quite a
> bit of another
> > >brand..Or go digital SLR..
> > >
> > >What do you all think?
> > >Albert
> >
>
>
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