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with a close call but the OM4Ti just pipping the OM1/2/3's would you say???

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NO!

The odd numbered ones will work without a battery fitted. The OM-3 (Ti) uses obtainable batteries and has probably the best meter ever fitted to a camera, identical to the OM-4 (Ti) switched to manual mode. The OM-1(n) meter is next to useless (especially without a PX625 battery, or a converter) but it does have a mirror lock. Got to be between the OM-1 and OM-3 (Ti).

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So why the OM3Ti rather than the OM4Ti??

The OM4Ti provides the best of both worlds. I accept that it needs a battery for operation, but the electronic shutter is probably more accurate and reliable than the clockwork one. The OM4Ti variants are also better priced than the 3's, and the price difference would fund a few years-worth of batteries.