Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site mako.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!orca!mako!jans From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Manual/Aperture/Program: Old vs. New Minolta Message-ID: <609@mako.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 18:24:17 EST Article-I.D.: mako.609 Posted: Thu Feb 28 18:24:17 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:14:26 EST References: <1917@sdcc6.UUCP> <162@rtech.ARPA> <274@lcuxc.UUCP> Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 16 Summary: In article <274@lcuxc.UUCP> kenw@lcuxc.UUCP (K Wolman) writes: >If you find yourself using your old Olympus OM-1 more than you >expected despite a new OM-4 ("How Can You Tell When You Become >A SERIOUS Photographer"????), you are not alone... Look carefully at that OM-4 before saying that! The OM-4 is source code compatible with the OM-1. Switch to "manual" and you've got an OM-1 with a built-in, eight-spot, averaging spot meter! I still think the OM-4 is the only camera to buck the trend of "do-it-for-you" automation. Ever hear of the "Zone System"? That's OK, most owners of automatics haven't. The OM-4's metering system was designed for zoned metering and is exceptionally easy to use that way, no tables, no charts. -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::