Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Dr. Black Tape! There's a wonderfull MLU on OM1! That's why so many astrophotographer love it! At 09:39 21/06/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Dr. Black Tape Hesitates to Contradict - Especially When There Is A Good >Chance He May be Wrong...But there is a plain old mirror lockup on the >OM4..Doesn't the 3 also have it?..Not that The Doctor wouldn't trade eight >stored and averaged spot readings for MLU any day of the week, month or >year... > >And then we come down to the final retort...If Eugene Richards can get by >without MLU, so can Dr. Black Tape... > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of thibault >> collin >> Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 9:44 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] MLU on OM3 >> >> >> 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 expensive, outdated) and some other stuff.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Outdated?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 Outdated?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 >> > >> > >> >> > >