I use my Olys for stuff that moves, or is likely to, and for macro work.
For scenics, old buildings and certain other immobile subjects, I use a 6x9
Graflex XL, Century or Crown Graphic. Love those 11x17 in. Cibachrome
prints from Velvia made with the same degree of enlargement as a 5x7 from
35mm. There's also the advantage of lens movements to correct perspective,
increase depth of field and so forth, and there's some peculiar
satisfaction in fiddling for 15 minutes with the gear to take a single
exposure. This is as far from P&S as you can get, more like Matthew Brady
without all the dead soldiers.
Anyway, I've got three OM-4s, one OM-4Ti and 16 Zuikos, and I've got three
XLs and six lenses, three Centuries, two Crowns and 11 lenses, so it's not
like I'm hurting for equipment. I'm on the verge of spending close to $2K
for a 6x9 Horseman 980 and a couple of lenses. I've wanted one for a long
time. But there's one problem: The closer I get to finalizing this deal,
the more I wonder if maybe I should instead spend that dough on a new
OM-3Ti. Yeah, I've wanted one of these for a long time, too.
I don't think either camera will enable me to do anything I can't do with
the stuff I already have, so I get no help with the decision from that
angle. The Horseman adds a bit of flexibility and quality the Graphics
don't have, and the OM-3 is--well, it's the OM-3.
Before I do anything, I thought I might see if any of my fellow Zuikoholics
could counsel and advise, though I suspect there'll be little support for
the Horseman. I need some reasons why I should buy an OM-3 other than the
fact it's an Oly and it's way cool. Name some things I can do with an OM-3
I cant do with an OM-4 and that I might ever want or need to do, not
counting the battery thing.
Walt
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