You must understand that you are DOOMED!!! Just ask any of the Mike V's on
this group!! BTW -- Welcome!
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Virsinger
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 11:06 PM
Subject: [OM] New List member and lateat Zuiko-holic
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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