Don't know about the LCD, but the backlight's gone on mine. Oh, and the
microswitch under the trigger broke, so that's superglued together.
Somehow I've acquired a stack of MD1s, of both sorts. I find them nicer to
use than the MD2, except that I wish they had put the little rubber grip
strip down the side of the motor compartment like they did on the winders
and MD2.
Of course the remote release of the MD2 is much better, and you can attach
the "1 picture a week" Pearlcorder timer to it. Killer feature.
It's a real shame they didn't do some sensible stuff like fixed winding
speeds while they were building the computer for the LCD. The all or nothing
approach makes it fast but crude.
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 2:53 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: "Real World Tests"
> But there's no super-cool LCD on an MD1, which counts down while
> the camera counts up. And the whirr of the rewind of the MD2 is
> just totally too cool for words. Causes bystanders to gawk in
> amazed admiration!
>
> But I've heard a time or two, from sources that may or may not be
> reliable, that these LCD displays croak after X number of years,
> and that X number is just around the corner. Anybody know whether
> that's so or not?
>
> And, I will grudgingly admit, you're right about the MD1. I've
> got two MD1's and two MD2's, and except for the LCD and the
> rewind, one's as good as the other. And the MD1 is smaller and
> lighter and just as quick. Of course, I can't remember the last
> time I shot with a motor drive set to "sequence."
>
> Walt
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the
> settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left
> unadjusted. --Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:33:26 -0800
>
>
> >Couple of MD2's but I'm not sure but that I don't like the MD1
> >better. Smaller, lighter, and just as fast. I think I can crank
> >the film back as fast as the MD2 rewinds it...
>
>
>
>
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