| BigWill |
| (Gorgeous oversensitive Nikon-loving cream puff) |
| 21/06/2008 12:10 |
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Re: Olympus OM-2 (original)
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I think your concept of a "reissue" camera is a false one. OM2s were manufactured for many years and all were original.
But there was an "original" model and a revised version - OM2n - I think the main difference was in the flash circuitry, something to do with OTF flash exposure control with the T20 & T32 flash guns. OM1 (as opposed to OM1n) is reasonably common but I get the impression that the vast majority of OM2s are the N model.
Speaking of flash, does the camera still have its (detachable) hot shoe adapter? If so, are there cracks at the corners of the aperture at the back where the fixing screw is operated? Most OM1 & 2 cameras have lost their hot shoe adapters, and almost all of the existing ones are cracked to some extent, as a result of overtightening. They almost always still work, though.
Main difference between the original OM2 and the later OM2N model was that the 2N did away with that "reset shutter" button feature on the lens throat (it was moved to the meter switch on the 2N which said "check/reset" whereas the OM2 meter switch simply said "check") and the 2N featured a flash-ready/exposure confirmation led in the viewfinder. Both models had OTFP (off the film plane) metering and TTL (through the lens) flash metering.
BigWill