Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/21

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] MLU on OM3
From: thibault collin <tc-lnc@u-picardie.fr>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:43:57 +0200

Hey Sam,

there's no self timer on the OM3Ti and thus, no MLU....
Thib.

At 09:11 21/06/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>re:
>
>     <a paper in which they list 50 items that are not worth to buy.
>    They include the R8, the minilux zoom, the mini 3, the Olympus OM3Ti (to
>    expensive, outdated) and some other stuff.>
>
>Outdated? Small,light, incredible metering (multiple spot averaging,
>hi-lite/shadow calculations, 4 minute, EV 0-19 spot meter exposure) a vast
>array of new and used very good (and many excellent) lenses for reasonable
>prices, MLU (via self timer), etc. Expensive? A new OM3Ti is $1,500, not
>expensive by Leica standards. The new and used OM4T's are much less and
>offer, IMO, more features. Outdated? Not in my experience. This system
>compliments my Leica M system perfectly. I have had and used the R7 and R8,
>Canon A2, Contax RX and Aria - all excellent SLR's. But I seem to stay with
>an OM(4T) system as the perfect SLR for my particular needs.
>
>Sam Alexander
>
>