"In my mind I see you as the guy in Vertical limit taking pictures of an
eagle as he dangles from a nice rock face, correct? "
That would be so me. NOT!
Try a 30 something with school loans and does not even a jeep!!
Now spring break sounds mighty nice. I am heading to Big Bend myself in a
couple of weeks. You know there is nothing like a spring roadtrip. Enjoy
them while you can! If you go Olympus, you will enjoy it. You may start
with a small used set up (everything OM I own -except a new 4Ti was used)
but it will grow. It always does. I could easily max out my chargecard
getting nice things like a 90/2 and a 400mm and a 3Ti. You will too. Get
something and enjoy it!! Then get somemore!
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Jackson <ejackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] newly introduced-backpacking
> Emails like that get me pumped up to just go buy the nicest camera I see
regardless of the price, take another week and a half off for spring break
and go out west and get some experience. What are some of the most
beautiful places that you have been? In my mind I see you as the guy in
Vertical limit taking pictures of an eagle as he dangles from a nice rock
face, correct? thats awesome. some day I would like to make a living
combining backpacking and photography. not quite sure how to do that yet but
i'm not going to let that stop me. Thanks again for your advice and help.
> Eric Jackson
>
> On Sun, 04 March 2001, "alpinist" wrote:
>
> >
> > Eric-
> >
> > As a fellow backpacker/climber I can saw the OM line is ideal. The
sturdy
> > metal construction, compactness, and small-sharp lenses are ideal to
pack
> > with. I have been hauling my 2S up climbs from the Texas desert to
Alaskan
> > peaks and have loved it. My "worst" experience was having my last set
of
> > batteries freeze on a glacier. Solution- goto the mechanical 1/60 -sec
> > shutter and keep shooting!
> >
> > After 16 years of hard use the body has brassing and the film winds a
little
> > rough (from too many exposed hours in blowing New Mexico sand) but she
still
> > works!! Now I have even inadvetantly dropped it a few times and it has
> > bumped rocks, biners, etc and keeps going. It is now my 3rd string
body. I
> > have an OM-4 that is 14 years old and in awesome shape and a OM-4Ti that
I
> > just got brand spanking new last week. I fully expect them to be
working in
> > 15+ years!
> >
> > Check out the OM webring and all the good info it has on all things OM
> >
> > http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=olympusom&list
> >
> > Then look to buy. I would second the plug for keh.com Their stuff is
very
> > clean and I have always been happy with them. Get a couple of good
Zuiko
> > lenses and you are off to the races. Check out Gary's lens test site
on
> > webring for great info (we cannot thank you enough for it Gary!)
> >
> > My own favs -esp for climbing/packing would be the 28/2.8 , the 50/1.8
(for
> > low light/speed) and maybe like the 100/2.8 or the 75-150 zoom. I read
a
> > Galen Rowell article in one of his books that said he takes a 24 and an
85-
> > he also said that 900f his pics were or could have been taken with
just
> > those 2 lenses. Those Zuikos are pretty close and pretty cheap to
acquire
> > and also replace if you somehow were able to booboo them.
> >
> > Another plus to the OM size is that it is easy to pack 2 or 3 bodies and
> > still take things like food. I often take 2 OM bodies 5 lenses and
> > assecories, a small tripod and loads of film as well as ropes, crampons,
etc
> > put it all in my Dana Terraplane and go. Actually I put the camera gear
in
> > a Lowepro Omni Sport(2 bodies and 5 lenses!).
> >
> > Anyway, if on the odd outside chance you were to go for some lesser
brand, I
> > would say go with a Nkn FM-2 or a used Pntx K-1000, both are all metal
and
> > can take the abuse of the outdoor lifestyle. Both lines also still use
the
> > same lensmount so you can have a rugged metal body and still use new
lenses
> > on it. Avoid all autofocus plastic cameras_which is pretty much
everything
> > else. Yes the are nice if you have $1800 to drop on a F5 and say
National
> > Geographic gets you a spare body, but they are far too finicky to take
the
> > long haul up the AT or dangle from a climbing harness. Actually for an
AF
> > camera get a Olympus Infinity Stylus Epic or a Yashica T4, they are
cheap,
> > sharp, small, and pack great. I use my stylus for prints and can shoot
> > Velvia in 1 OM body and B+W in the other.
> >
> > Anyway I would still say that any OM will serve you well. Someone
described
> > them as a tool. I would say a machine, a finely tuned, glorious machine
that
> > will serve you well and is built to last. Here is a thought- of all the
new
> > SLR's on the market, which will still be able to function in 10-15
years?
> > Only the good ones, the metal machines-not any plastic ones. That really
> > just leaves Olympus , Leica, and a couple of Contax and Nkn bodies.
Pretty
> > much everything else is designed to be obselete and useless in a few
years.
> > Call it the computer industry mentality, modern AF plastic cameras are
going
> > to last about as long as Pentium II.
> >
> > Buy confidently and take lot's of pics!!
> >
> > So good luck! and maybe I will see you on the trail!
> >
> > -Darren
> >
> >
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