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Classic cameras - Olympus OM-4 Ti
The Olympus OM-4 Ti was a superb interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single lens reflex (SLR) camera made from 1986 to 2002. It was the successor to the Olympus OM-2N camera and represented the final evolution of the Olympus OM-series SLR's (first introduced in 1972). All OM cameras had the same body configuration, but the OM-4Ti had a titanium construction together with innovative electronics and metering system. Together with the wide range of Olympus lenses and other accessories, the camera formed the basis of an unsurpassed photographic system.
It was the first camera with multi-spot-meterering (2% of view; 3.3˚ with 50 mm lens) taking up to eight spot measurements and averaging them. A unique feature was the ability to identify either the darkest or brightest part of the scene upon which the camera would adjust exposure based on that measurement. The metering system used a dual concentric segmented silicon photodiode to provide spot or centre-weighted readings.
Its horizontal focal plane shutter had a manual speed range of 1 to 1/2000th second (up to 240 seconds in automatic mode) plus bulb and flash X-sync of 1/60th second.
The camera was not intended to appeal to novices. Its manual spot-metering was made to the highest possible exposure control precision intended for the professional photographer and advanced amateur. Lightweight and yet rugged, in many ways this camera represented a peak of excellence unsurpassed by any other 35mm camera, before or since. The example shown is in mint condition.
This quality came at a cost. In 1997 the black finished version shown cost $1819 in the USA.
Classic cameras - Olympus OM-4 Ti
The Olympus OM-4 Ti was a superb interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single lens reflex (SLR) camera made from 1986 to 2002. It was the successor to the Olympus OM-2N camera and represented the final evolution of the Olympus OM-series SLR's (first introduced in 1972). All OM cameras had the same body configuration, but the OM-4Ti had a titanium construction together with innovative electronics and metering system. Together with the wide range of Olympus lenses and other accessories, the camera formed the basis of an unsurpassed photographic system.
It was the first camera with multi-spot-meterering (2% of view; 3.3˚ with 50 mm lens) taking up to eight spot measurements and averaging them. A unique feature was the ability to identify either the darkest or brightest part of the scene upon which the camera would adjust exposure based on that measurement. The metering system used a dual concentric segmented silicon photodiode to provide spot or centre-weighted readings.
Its horizontal focal plane shutter had a manual speed range of 1 to 1/2000th second (up to 240 seconds in automatic mode) plus bulb and flash X-sync of 1/60th second.
The camera was not intended to appeal to novices. Its manual spot-metering was made to the highest possible exposure control precision intended for the professional photographer and advanced amateur. Lightweight and yet rugged, in many ways this camera represented a peak of excellence unsurpassed by any other 35mm camera, before or since. The example shown is in mint condition.
This quality came at a cost. In 1997 the black finished version shown cost $1819 in the USA.