Recommendations by astrophotographers made me buy an OM-1 (actually two ;-).
Soon I realised that this is a very nice camera indeed and it brought me
back to photography in general. Right now I rarely do astrophotography but
the OM-1 with mirror lockup and interchangeable focussing screens is a very
useful tool when mounted to a - well - can I say 'telescope' (1000mm
'russian barrel' M42 screw mount Maksutov mirror lens). A few days ago I
mounted my solar filter and a 2x converter to the 1000mm and took some shots
of a nice sunspot region. An even bigger sunspot is visible at the moment
(at least it should be at daytime if it wasn't raining).
But one thing wasn't mentioned by the sellers of the OM-1's. Both cameras
were contaminated with a certain virus that slowy infected me with a rarely
known disease.
Jochen
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Von: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von Robert Gries
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Juli 2002 21:37
An: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: [OM] Equipment that suits your needs.
All this banter about "current" technology prompted me to ponder why I
bought OM so late in the game, and why I have stuck with it. When I
bought it, it wasn't current, and almost all of it has been used.
It has only been in the last 5 years that I have found and have been
using OM. Previous to my enlightenment, I had a N*kon F3, shift lenses,
55 macro, and 20mm. I invested in that stuff because that is what a
professional that I knew was using, and what he recommended I buy. I
was never really happy with any of it (the way it functioned, metered,
smelled, etc.) but stuck with it as it seemed to be one of the only
games in town.
Concurrent to this, I started to look for a companion camera that I
could take anywhere, and would be my trusty friend. When I found the
OM-1 I immediately liked it. It handled well, the meter was VERY
accurate, and it was relatively small next to the N*kon. As I was
keeping my eye out for a good used OM-1 that I could afford on a college
student's budget, I came across an OM-2n that worked flawlessly for the
years that I owned it. Quickly the Oly stuff replaced the N*kon, and it
is what I currently use to make a supplementary income (it has paid for
itself, and a lot of grad school!).
I am sure that I will continue to use this stuff for many years because
it suits my needs perfectly. I have rarely come across a situation that
Oly could not handle. The only one that comes to mind is a good double
exposure w/o film slippage. Unless I need more technology, I don't see
any reason NOT to buy used equipment (better investment). Actually,
there isn't a technology out there now that I think that I could use.
The only technology I need is reliability, and that is hard to come by
these days....
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