At 08:35 PM 12/15/00 -0800, 'brian A.M.' wrote:
[snip]
i've been very much enjoying the OM system since i did my own 'net
research and opted for the brand earlier this year. Now have 2 bodies,
and 6 of the more-common lenses. My oversized, and overcomplicated
autofocus camera system went unused, and is now up for sale.
my relevant comment here comes on the availability of Zuiko lenses--and
the lengths it seems some go to get them.
[snip]
...i think i have learned now why some people are slaves to the marks of
Nik*n and Can*n: YOU CAN GET A FREAKING LENS WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT ONE.
Understandable. For the last ten to fifteen years, Olympus (in 35mm SLR
cameras, anyways) has been more of a "trials and tribulations" system -- in
Canada, lenses (and deals on them) are rarer than warm days in
February. Most of the Canadians I know who use Oly equipment regularly
have to shop on places like eBay, for there's no supply elsewhere for used,
or buy from New York mail-order houses like B&H ('cause there's no other
place to find new, or new is outrageously priced here in The Great White
North). That's been my modus operandi with Olympus equipment since the
early 1980s (for B&H) and the mid-90s (for eBay).
You shop where the availability's at.
Mind you, the next generation digital cameras will probably attract me away
from 35mm film-based systems for good. A professional photographer friend
of mine and I had dinner last night, and he's just applied for a loan to
purchase a Fuji S1 (digital body, takes Nikon lenses) plus various and
sundry stuff to make it sit up and bark. (He really likes the Olympus
dye-sub printer -- thought it produced awesome output, and, as he says, "No
more colour seps! I'm finally in control of the entire production process
if I want to be!")
Garth
"A bad day doing photography is better
than a good day doing just about
anything else."
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