Welcome to the list, Christoph.
You will certainly enjoy it as much as I do - your background showing
some resemblance to mine.
I also have been a news photographer (using OM) for a few years in the
70's, to finance my studies in meteorology. After finishing those I
have changed profession too, becoming a forecaster and a researcher in
atmospheric science.
My first OM-1 dates from 1974 (and expensive it was indeed, in
particular for a student).
Enjoy the holidays.
Frank.
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht - Holland
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:49:11 +0100, Christoph Berndt
<christob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi dear Olympionics,
>
>nice to meet this list - since
>Friday last week i´m reading,
>compliments to the owner(s) of the
>list, thank you for your work.
>
>Maybe it will be interest for you
>who i am.
>
>first: my english language is not
>VERY good ;-) - so, please be
>patient and, if you may, give
>critics to me - i wanna learn :-))
>
>I´m living in Münster - Germany,
>Westfalian - and i´m (surprise,
>surprise) a german.
>
>my first camera was an OM-2, i
>bought it in 1978 - several months
>of hard working as a newsvendor
>were necessary - i never regret.
>
>In the 80s i become a pro at a
>local newspaper - local stuff of
>reportage - time after time i
>bought other OMs and lenses -
>Om-1n, OM-3, OM-4, OM-4T - lenses
>about 18mm up to 300mm, all ZUIKOS.
>my favorite is the 2/24 - i love
>it, mostly used available light
>with b/w-Film Kodak PAN 400, or
>newer, T-Max 3200 with D-76 or
>T-Max developer.
>
>One of the merits of the OM i found
>as a pro, that is its less weight -
>my equipment was 1/3 lighter than
>CANON or NIKON, but not less in
>quality. The colleagues had to go
>daily to their
>physiotherpeuts.......;-)). And the
>solidity of the OM-system was/is
>not worse - but the service
>(Hamburg) was much faster and very
>friendly all time.
>
>In the 90s i changed my profession
>- now im a musician and
>music-teacher - but still an
>engaged Foto-Amateur-semipro - and
>i don´t want to change the
>OM-System, ´cause it depends to a
>1000n me. Autofocus i never need
>- an not any other "Schnickschnack".
>
>on the other hand i worked with
>Hasselblad and a 6x9cm
>Linhof-Technika with ZEISS-lenses -
>including the fantastic Biogon 53mm.
>
>BTW: bevore the ZUIKO 3.5/18mm i
>bought a TOKINA 3.5/17mm - and i
>found it was a very good glass (not
>only for the price (ca 180 US$)).
>But later (enough money after a
>while) i take the ZUIKO. i found,
>that it is sharp and absolutel y
>useful at an aperture of f3.5. The
>vignetting is not bad - you can
>work it out in the darkroom - only
>dias are sometimes a problem at f3.5.
>
>Actually i bought a SIGMA fisheye
>2.8/16mm at ebay - for 220US$ -
>still now i ask myself about its
>quality - any opinions here about?
>
>What do you think about the 2/28mm?
>I can get it for ca 240 US$ - is
>that okay?
>
>Thanks for your courtesy
>
>have a nice Xmas and a Happy New Year
>
>with regards, Christoph
>
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