Well Charles, I'm an apprentice and a novice to what I've seen here when it
comes to flinging crud across the Antarctica...but I'll be happy sitting at
the window ledge watching the ballistics take place at the site and just
laugh and laugh. ..... :D
K.
On 01/09/06, Geilfuss Charles <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Khen,
> Re Morgan Sparks, see here:
>
> http://www.cameraleather.com/
>
> Oily Nuts huh...yea you're going to fit in around here.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> Sorry but I have not the foggiest idea who Morgan Sparks is..... :(
>
> Would be very very honoured to meet them. I'm the one who feels
> privileged
> here. :)
> I'm very proud to be amongst OLYNUTS (or is it Oily Nuts?? Oh dear....).
> Love all of you even if I've only been on the List for three days now.
> Seems
> like years! I have Candace and Ali Shah to thank for this....!
>
>
> Khen
> > - you've woken us all up and got us talking on topic again! And I'm
> > only half way through the thread.
>
>
> My mailbox has never been THIS FULL!!!! And after two days of goggled
> eyes
> and relentless pursuit to answering all the questions that seem to be
> streaming in unabatedly, I have to force myself to delete those that do
> not
> ask for my input. But heck, it's been great. I've been transported back
> to
> 1985 now....and I'm staying there.
>
> Do I get to read the specs for the
> > OM5 further down the page? I can't wait! This is just too cool!
>
>
> Jez, the OM-5 is actually an OM-4Ti that was heavily modified inside. It
> was
> never really going to work though. As much as all 22 of us were rallying
> quietly behind Maitani-san, protocol was strict at R&D. We could not
> bring
> our placards and voice support... :(
> The film guiderails for example had to be substantially modified to
> provide
> contact interface with the DB. Electronics for the viewfinder has to be
> revised. There was also a different focusing screen (not sure why but it
> was
> nonetheless). The wonderful OM Motordrive 2 could not be used because it
> wouldn't physically mount properly due to the thickness of the DB. We
> had to
> tool up a stand-in MD2 that was slightly different.
>
> I think, looking back, the enormity of the task ahead of us in modifying
> or
> adding new accessories, the restructuralising of the OM-4Ti's innards et
> al
> were what killed it in the main. There was also the question of
> economics
> and market returns because a pro SLR that offered manual focusing,
> external
> motordrive and digital capture was going to be too odd for the common
> market. Pros were largely looking at the feast that Canon and Nikon were
> serving up and to them, their requirements were met by their offerings.
> Had the OM-5 gone ahead, it would probably have failed, like the Leica.
> As
> wonderful and purist-based as the OM-5 definitely was, it wasn't
> economical
> to build. Needless to say, only the oddballs like you and I at the List
> would be the key customers..... :)
>
> K.
>
> THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > Jez
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