Hello on the Olympus list.
I have been using Olympus equipment since the mid 70s and went through an OM-1,
a couple of OM-2s, OM-4, XAs etc... But like many others when the darn kids
decided to start appearing, I had to sell all these prized possessions because
of the usual time, space and money considerations. So for the last eight or
nine years I have had to rely on a variety of Olympus point and shoots which I
have been only mildly satisfied with (reliability of those things has been
spotty at best, unlike the dependable OM stuff).
But I am now at a point where I just can't stand the auto-everything anymore
and I need to get back into more controllable equipment. Having been out of
the loop for a while, I would love to get some of your opinions (or pointers to
messages to deal with the same). Here are my guiding parameters:
1. Money: Max $400 all included.
2. Would prefer to buy new (mail order) because, given the reliability
problems, I want to get the Olympus extended warranty.
3. Would prefer to have as few separate parts as possible. Separate body,
flash, lens and winder don't mix well with 3 small children, unfortunately.
4. I need it to have at least a small flash, a winder and lenses to cover from
28 or 35 to at least 110mm.
5. I want to be able to add a polarizing filter.
6. I would like to have available auto exposure
My choices seem to be:
A. Used OM2-S with some lenses and winder and flash (Great but would be hard to
meet 1, 2 and 3)
B. New OM-2000 with some used lenses + winder + flash (Hard to meet 3 and 6)
C. IS-3 (Is the power focus really a manual focus only power driven? How
reliable is it? Can you add a polarizing filter?)
D. IS-10 (Can it or the 20 or the 30 be set to manual focus? If not, then I
don't want them. If yes, what is the difference between the three? How
reliable are they? Can you add a polarizing filter?)
Any thoughts/comments would be greatly appreciated.
Bau Struye
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