I'll confess I never heard of it until I joined this august group. I got on
board the Olympus train in 1984 with the OM-4, followed by OM-3, OM-4T and
OM-4Ti, and, last of all, a couple of OM-1n's, skipping the 2's altogether, and
I never came across this recommendation in the driver's manual for any of these
bodies. Being ignorant of this valuable information, over the years before I
learned of it, I took thousands of photographs using a cable release at most
any shutter speed you might imagine. They all looked sharp to me. I tried the
hands-on procedure a few times after hearing about it, and, as a result, I
still use a cable release. However, if I'm using a long lens, 300mm or more,
I'll often weight the whole rig down with five pounds of #6 nickel-plated lead
birdshot in a canvas sack that would hold twice as much draped on top of camera
and lens.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Donald <d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > Thanks for the reference but the advice seems to have been short lived.
> > I can only find it in the 2 and 2n manuals. If any advice is offered
> > at all in the other manuals it says to use a cable release. Is this an
> > Oly list myth? Perhaps it's related to the elimination of the mirror
> > lockup in favor of a shock absorber when moving from the 1 to the 2.
> >
> > Chuck Noructt
>
>
> It's in my copy, Chuck, page 19, 0484 - 10MS. Maybe they got a chunkier
> little
> guy to do the demo pics..?
>
> ;-)
>
> D.
>
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