The one good thing is that with a replacable shoe, you can't rip the shoe out
of the camera or loosen it. I once had a Leica CL that had been dropped whild
sporting a flash, thereby ripping the shoe off the camera. Many of these
cameras then drop the bottom half of the rivits down into the camera's innards,
getting into places where they weren't supposed to be and causing havoc.
I've had more than one OM4 get a loose hot shoe from excessive flash force,
something that would never happen with a replacable, and disposable shoe.
I'll wag3er that the Pen F/FT's design was mostly a concession to style. The
top plate's cosmetic lines are really ruined by a bolt-on shoe. It's just a
shame that the eyepiece surround wasn't made of something more durable than
plastic; perhaps metal would have been better? OTOH, I doubt whether they
cared that much; also 40 yr-old plastic is much more brittle than it was new.
Skip
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] Re: Shoe 4 - Also the Pen FT eyepiece
From: "Dado dela Cruz" <dado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:37:18 +0800
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Aside from the good optics, I like Olympus cameras because they are durable
>(in general). The only part, however, that is weak in most Olympus SLR's is
>the plastic hot shoe.
>
>I also have a pair of Pen FT's with chipped (also plastic) eyepiece which
>part is being used for mounting flash. Most of the Pen FT's sold in eBay
>have also damaged eyepiece parts.
>
>If the designer have learned from the lesson in the Pen F, the OM1 and OM2
>could have sported a better or more durable hot shoe. .
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lisah71" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:18 PM
>Subject: [OM] Re: Shoe 4
>
>
>>
>> So in case of bad impact, the shoe will break off instead of pulling up
>the
>> entire top cover and separating it from the camera.
>> ___________________________________
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>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ali" <farali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:50 AM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Shoe 4
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Yeah great! Why make a removable shoe anyway?!? Are they the only
>> > manufacturer that designed something like this?
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
>> > Behalf Of Winsor Crosby
>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:36 AM
>> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [OM] Re: Shoe 4
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Proof of genuine Oly part. :-)
>> >
>> >
>> > Winsor
>> > Long Beach, CA
>> > USA
>> > On May 25, 2004, at 8:12 PM, Ali wrote:
>> >
>> > > Why do the "obligatory" cracks occur in the OLY accessory Shoe 4?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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