At 07:12 AM 10/19/2000 -0700, Michael Virsinger wrote:
>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?)
Just give in and buy it all. You know you're going to eventually anyways. 8^>
Garth
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