Olympus OM-4Ti - Full Review & Demonstration of the last and best Olympus Professional film camera.

Dont miss this Titanium beauty. Olympus put everything they knew and more into this last professional SLR camera. In a separate video, I covered the history of innovation by Olympus under its master designer, Yoshihisa Maitani, in particular the huge leap forward in Olympus OM-1. I also covered the super compact Olympus XA series here. The OM-1 proved that serious, no-compromise, high quality cameras can also be compact. All other camera manufacturers scrambled to create their own versions of high quality compact cameras. The OM-1 body and lens designs were such a leap forward that somehow they lasted to the very end of the line being this OM-4 Ti from 1986 to 2002. The only gradual change was optional automation features, more advanced light metering, Full Synchro flash and a few more buttons and levers on the top panel. As always with Olympus film cameras, this OM4-Ti looks handsome, mean and efficient. Olympus may have known that this may be the end of the line for the OM film cameras, so they put everything they knew, and more, into this one to give it a long life of 17 years. They made it from Titanium with a black finish, rather than plastic, soft brass or aluminum (aluminium). Titanium as you know is 6 times stronger than Aluminum, and 45% lighter than Steel. On the periodic table of elements the symbol for Titanium is this. Like all other elements, it is pronounced similar to an acronym. So it is OM4 Tee Eye, like Nikon 28 Ti, not OM4 Tie. They improved the already good Olympus light metering system by introducing multi-spot metering and an innovative Synchro flash system. This model accepts all Zuiko OM mount, manual focus lenses. Thousands of these high-quality but compact lenses are available today at criminally low prices. As the history goes, Olympus did not adopt Autofocus or LCD control displays early, like Minolta, Nikon or Canon. So, this last professional film camera from Olympus cannot be compared to Nikon or Canon’s last professional film cameras such as Nikon F6 or Canon EOS-1v. The closest comparison would be with the last Pentax professional film camera, the mighty Pentax LX, which happens to be equally compact and a pleasure to use. Olympus OM-4Ti is highly recommended for serious enthusiasts who want a camera to grow with and keep forever.