> Hi, Olympus fans.
>
> I have been on the mail list for a couple of weeks, but I think I'd
better
> introduce myself.
> I have been an Olympus fan for about 15 years, having now a large
selection
> of OM equipment.
> After bringing my dad's Yashica range finder camera for a 2-months' trip
to
> the U.S. in '83, I found out that I could take decent pictures. Until
then,
> I had only used a Agfa instamatic-type camera. So shortly after my U.S.
> trip I bought a used OM 2 with a 50/1.8 lens. Later I added a 28/3.5 and
a
> 75-150 mm lens and a T32, all secondhand, too. I think it was my brother
> who told me to take a look at Olympus' cameras.
>
> During the years, I have gone through a lot of buying and selling and
> buying, now working mostly with 2 OM 4 Ti's, but also still using a OM 2,
> OM 2S or OM 1 from time to time. My collection has a lot of desirable
> lenses between 8 mm (my latest addition) and 350 mm. I have never bought
> anything new, but often found stuff secondhand at bargain prices. For
> instance, I got the 350 mm from a newspaper for 6.500 DKK (c. US$1K), the
> new price here in Denmark is a ridiculous 100K DKK! (c. $15K!). Most
items
> I have bought from private persons thru ads, and I have had only little
> problems with that.
>
> I don't know how the Olympus second hand market is abroad. Here in DK it
> seems that only a small group hangs on to Olympus. There is a lot of
> cheaper things like OM 10s and OM 2s on the market along with
non-original
> lenses, but the nice-to-have-lenses are getting rare. There seem to be a
> group of persons like me, who grab what they can get and hang on to it.
It
> has been a long time since I've seen lenses like the 35/2.0 and 85 mm for
> sale, for instance.
>
> I am especially attracted to the fast wide angles. My 24/2.0 has been a
> favourite for years and almost always goes with me on vacation.
>
> I must admit that I have many more cameras and lenses than I regularly
use.
> I ought to sell some of them, but the problem is that the stuff that I
> really could get money for, is the stuff I don't want to sell, so I don't
> really care to get rid of things.
>
> Being editor of the club magazine in my rowing club, I take a lot of
> pictures there. Most of my other pictures are taken on vacations abroad.
I
> would like to get into taking portraits, but it it difficult to get time
> for it all. Someday.....
>
> So as you see, I have been a zuikoholic for years and still am. I would
> like to get autofocus, which is very helpful in some situations, but I
> would never be able to get a collection of Nikon or Canon equipment
without
> paying a lot more than what I have spent on my Oly gear, so unless I find
> it impossible to live without autofocus and modern flash techniques, I am
> gonna hang on to my nice OM pieces.
>
> Being on the mail service gives me about 30-50 Oly mails a day. I find
many
> of these of little interest, but every now and then there is an
interesting
> comment or information, which makes it worthwhile to go thru all these
> mails. I also hope to be able to contribute with information etc. I have
a
> good collection of lens test from German magazines that might be useful,
> for instance. I'll probably also send out a couple of mails with
questions
> in a few days, I think.
>
> My best wishes for all you Olympus fans out there.
>
> Yours,
> Lars Bundesen
> Copenhagen, Denmark
>
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