Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can even see it on the net! The OM4 is electronic and so is its self timer! Look at the pic of the OM3 on the net (olympus site for instence) and you'll see that there's no self timer and thus no MLU. I think it's also in the specs! At 12:26 21/06/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Dr. Black Tape knew that...and that there is an MLU on the OM4-Ti. The >question is, is there one on the OM3? > > > >> -----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 12:17 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: RE: [Leica] MLU on OM3 >> >> >> 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 expensive, outdated) and some other stuff.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Outdated?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 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >