On 2/3/99 11:01 AM, RK wrote:
>Just today, I was haggling for a mint condition OM1 (softly,softly..) and
>will close the deal tomorrow. I
>have a shopping list lined up that should leave me comfortably in debt
>for, umm, 17 years at least.
>Also, I haven't had this much fun from photography in decades!
Same here. I just purchased a Nikon Pronea S mainly for quick action
photos and for the fact it can take regular Nikon D AF lenses and I enjoy
dabbling around with APS stuff.
But, I just finished replacing my 1975 model OM-1. The replacement OM-1
is pristine, mint, and after taking purchase of some mercury 625s, in
perfect working order. I have a wide-angle lens, a 1.8 50mm, and a 275mm
telephoto. All the lenses are from my college days in the 70s and work
still. They look and feel new.
I strayed away from film photography a few years ago, using nothing but
digital stuff at work. But after watching a film scanner work during a
trade show last year, I am migrating back to film, both 35mm and APS.
This is fun---not cheap, but fun. I have really had a blast pulling the
OM-1 and lenses out of a box where they rested for a decade, dormant.
The poor old thing was battle-scarred from a four year assignment
overseas during the early 80s. The lenses are in perfect order,
cosmetically, and optic-wise. After replacing a light seal on the
replacement OM-1 in the back, it is honestly like a new OM-1. REAL
metal, whirring gear sounds at 1/2 second exposure, whirring gears at
timed exposure. Folks stare at it during no-flash, low light photo ops.
;>)
Anyway..., enough ramble. I didn't know others were going through this.
--Larry
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