Hi Thomas,
Hmm, now that I've read your complete original post, I'd suggest the
2 or 2n, or 40/PC, 3t, 4 or 4n if he has the $$.
Lend him a 50/1.8 and a wide angle and telephoto.
2s and 2n's go for $120-200 on ebay, 40/PC for about $100.
Tom
At 2000 June 22 - Thursday 2:14, T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Hi all,
>
> A young member of the extended family recently asked me if I could teach
> him a bit about making "good pictures" - including everything from the
> camera to the darkroom - and at the same time assist him in finding a good
> beginners camera.
>
> Now, the techniques I may be able to pass on, but I do not have creativity
> in excess (I barely have enough for myself) - so on that side he'll have
> to find his own. And as for assisting in finding _the_ good beginners
> camera, I turn to the list for oracle-advice ;)
>
> He stressed that he did not want a "wonderbrick" - for amongst other
> reasons that they are expensive to buy & maintain and also that they are
> "too automatic". He also stressed that he wanted a single lens reflex
> camera. Luckilly, this leaves the selection of OM's for him to choose
> from, but what would be the best start? I do possess (and treasure) a wide
> selection of OM-bodies, however the only one I could imagine parting from
> on a permanent basis is the OM30 - not exactly what I would reccomend
> myself for someone to "learn the basics" (imho it is a bad camera that I
> only rarely use).
>
> I had envisioned something along the lines of an OM1 or OM2n - being
> fairly cheap (I suppose), durable, available and offer full manual control
> with a decent viewfinder image. I'd lean towards reccomending the OM2n
> myself - on the basis that it may be usefull as a "point-and-shoot" device
> in auto-mode also - plus that I think it integrates better with the
> T-series flash, which I suspect he will get to use at some point or
> another.
>
> So off the top of my head I would try to go help him find an OM2n with a
> shoe 3 or 4, a T20 flash (or something equivalent) and some zuiko-glass
> (or I could just hand him an excess 50/1.8 for starters?).
>
> Does this sound like a reasonable kit? I'd rather stay with the
> single-digit series than going into the OM10/20/30/40: I am under the
> impression that the single-digits age better (to put it nicely) and I
> find the viewfinder information to be more usefull when in manual mode.
>
> Also, what would be a reasonable price for him to expect to pay for
> such? My own OM2n was bought as new for a small fortune ages ago (and is
> being overhauled atm, btw) and I have no idea what a good 2nd hand body
> would be like, let alone what a T20 (or T32) might cost these days?
>
> Any comments (also those saying that I am mistaken in my
> reccomendations) are most welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --thomas
>
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