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From: Bau Struye <Bau.Struye@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, July 01, 1999 7:03 PM
Subject: [OM] purchasing dilemna
>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
bau: i own an om1, om10, om2000, and an om4ti. if i were dealing with
your budgetary limitations, i would go with an om 2000 body (can't beat that
spot meter feature) and put every other dime into the best quality zuikos i
could find. a 24, a 50, to begin with.
awh
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