You are right about the AE-1; it was the big seller at the time of the OM-1's
introduction. Its additional bulk helped make the OM-1 seem amazingly small by
comparison. The Pentax ME and MX followed shotly after as a pair; the ME was all
electronic, more of a point-and-shoot SLR. The MX was a real competitor,
offering pretty much the same features as the OM-1 (including a cloth FP shutter
as far as I recall), with a size slightly smaller than the OM-1, and the common
K-mount lens mount. It also had a very popular 40mm pancake lens available...
mvh / regards
Roger Key
I don't know exact years of production, but I had once heard or read
that the Canon AE-1 & AE-1P were the most popular and highest production
SLR's ever. Has anyone else ever heard of this? I don't really think the
AE-1 compares to the OM-1 in size or features, but I do believe they
were from about the same time period.
Larry
Malcolm Clay wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> <snip>.... Then I decided that the weight and volume should be half that of
> an ordinary SLR, with a 30 ut in dimensions.
>
>
> The compact size/weight of the OM1 was certainly a factor in my purchasing
> decision back in the late 70's -- that and the location of the shutter speed
> dial. The interview translation jogged my memory about the compactness. It
> seems that only Pen*ax had a small body camera at the time which compared in
> size. (I could very well be wrong, hazy memory.) I certainly do remember the
> bulk size/weight of several of the other cameras available then.
>
> Now my question. What was the best selling 35 SLR model of the time of the
> introduction of the OM1? I am more interested in the "consumer" level not
> the pro models -- something that would have been in direct competition for
> the OM dollar.
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