Hi Richard,
Welcome to the list.
There is an incredible amount of knowledge amongst it's members (none of
which belongs to me unfortunately :-)) and although the chatter can and
does drift off topic it's well worth sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Jason.
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Hello everyone,
I have recently stumbled across this mailing list while doing searches for
OM
information on the web. It's a pity I never discovered it earlier as after
rummaging through the list archives I came across many informative
articles.
My passion for photography started when I was in grade school. At that
time I
made my first contact printer out of plywood, a 40 watt bulb and switch and
2
sheets of window glass with white tissue wrapping paper sandwiched between
them. Worked like a charm with black and white 2 1/4 negatives and Kodak
contact printing paper. I wish I still had that 2 1/4 camera. I don't
remember the name of it, only that the camera was like a Rollei.
I became an OM user back in1976 after purchasing an OM1-MD that I still own
and John Hermanson recently serviced (your the best John :) ). I used it
mostly for general purpose amateur photography and being young and newly
married, couldn't afford to build up much of a lens collection except for a
Vivitar Series 1 90-180 Flat Field Zoom. Much later, after a move to the
Berkshires of western Massachusetts, I used the OM1 body for
astrophotography
through a Meade LX3 and Takahashi FC-60. Now that was an exercise in
patience... back in the late 80's and early 90's ccd autoguiders were a new
concept and expensive and since I didn't own one, my left eye needed to be
"glued" to the eyepiece in order to follow a guide star for 1/2 hour to 1
hour exposures.
In early 2003 I decided to get back into nature photography, something I
loved
since I was young. I thought about switching to digital but still felt it
was too early in development and expensive so I decided to stick with film.
I was now in a better financial situation to purchase some additional OM
lenses and accessories so I started looking around for some used equipment.
I managed to pick up a Zuiko 28mm f2, Zuiko 35-70 f4, Zuiko 85-250 f5,
winder
2 and a T32 flash, all in excellent condition. There's a champaign OM4t on
its way (hopefully, for it was an eBay purchase) that looked in great
condition... looking forward to the 7 day check out period.
In the future I hope to be contributing something of value here but most
likely, I'll probably be learning from all of you for a while. :) Take
care.
Regards,
Richard Lovison
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