Greetings all!
Last month picked up a used OM1N to use for astrophotography after reading
Michael Covington's excellent book. I have never used a manual SLR before and
only understood the basics from what I have read.
The camera I bought (eBay - $ 200) was black and in MINT condition. It looked
brand new. I immediately fell in love with this fine piece of equipment and
started taking regular pictures with it. I suddenly realized that I would need
more then the 50mm f1.4 lens and started doing some research. I picked up a new
28mm f2.8 ($79) and a new 75-150mm f4 zoom ($140) and have been snapping away
ever since. From what I have been reading, new lenses are hard to come by and
the prices are ok. I now understand why the OM fans love this camera so much.
The lenses are very sharp and my shots came out ok given they were my first few
rolls.
My wife is a dyed-in-the-wool Nikon user and is baffled by the unusual
placement of some of the controls. To me they are perfectly normal, never
having used anything else. More than once I caught her eyeing my OM gear.
Needless to say I'm hooked. I just wanted to say hello to the group and beg
someone to talk me down before I go out with the credit card and come home with
an OM4Ti and the 90mm f2 macro.... (What is it with this gear?)
Cheers!
Mike V.
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