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[OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:46:40 -0500
Theoretically, the 4, 4T/Ti would do a 'mini shutter' of about 1/4000.

John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?


>
> Yes, the 2N does the same, so does OM-10 (with all that oil?  NAH), OM-G,
> OM-20, OM-PC, OM-40, OM-F, OM-30, 2S, 4, 4T, 4Ti.
>
> John Hermanson
> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
> 21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
> 631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
> Olympus OM Service since 1977
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:39 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
>
>
>> Wow! At last I hear about this on the list :^)
>> remember to have read about this on Modern Photog quite a few years ago.
>> First time I tested this secret, with some skepticism, was on 1991 when
>> studying in Paris and wanted to shoot the top of the Place de la Bastille
>> monument using my 200/4 @ f32. Sun was just above the figure at the top,
>> and
>> although I screwed my Tamron linear pol., the E100 was to be exposed with
>> the needle above on the red mark on Auto mode. To my surprise, sky
>> rendered
>> a saturated blue, a full stop underexposed I guess due to meter reading
>> the
>> Sun on a clear sky. I repeated the test with the Tour Eiffel: dark
>> silouette
>> on a saturated clear blue sky, 28/2.8 @ f22 + Oly linear pol. as a 
>> neutral
>> density filter.
>>
>> John, does the 2n behave the same? I suppose it does.
>> Tanks once again.
>>
>> Fernando.
>>
>>> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:03:42 -0500
>>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
>>>
>>> BTW, an OM-2 that is properly setup, set on auto, has a 'secret' top
>>> shutter
>>> speed of 1/2000 th.  That is, if, when on auto, the needle is pointing 
>>> to
>>> 1000, when you open the lens one more stop, shutter will fire somewhere
>>> between 1/1500 - 1/2000th.
>>
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