Hi Olaf:
I have a black 1n, but I like to fondle it a lot.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Gwinn" <joegwinn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:07 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: How old were you? (WAS: whippersnappers)
> At 3:21 AM +0100 2/21/04, Listar wrote:
> >In a message dated 2/20/2004 10:37:07 AM Central Standard Time,
> >jamesbcouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >How old are you now (you can skip this part if you wish!) :)
>
>
> I'm 57. I was 16 and in high school when I got my first camera in 1963.
I decided I wanted a camera, and lined parents and grandparents up to
concentrate all my Christmas booty into a single present, a camera. After
Christmas, my father and I went shopping. The finalists were a Yashica D (a
twin-lens reflex which took 120 film), and a Beauty Lightomatic II (a
rangefinder that took 35mm film and had a non-removable 50mm f/1.9 lens and
built-in selenium lightmeter). The budget was something like US $120,
which was real money back then. I chose the Lightomatic, and used it until
it wore out and fell apart. It was a very good learner's camera, and owes
me nothing. The Lightomatic resembled the Canonet, but was rumoured to have
been made by Yashica as an entry-level camera. I have no idea if this is
true or not.
>
> I started looking for a new camera in the early 1970s, when it became
obvious that the Lightomatic would not live forever.
>
> The replacement was an OM-1, bought in 1974. This was the first camera I
ever bought with my own money, and I still use it. I probably took far more
pictures with it than the now deceased Lightomatic, and the OM-1 still works
well, although it did get a CLA from John H a few years ago. I did wait
until the OM-1 had been on the market for a year, to allow enough time for
the inevitable teething problems to be solved without my help.
>
> Over the years, I have collected a number of lenses (most bought as
needed) and some bodies (OM-4Ti, a pair of OM-2Ns), and still use them all.
I don't plan to ever sell them, even as digital washes over everything; my
executor will sell them for what they will bring.
>
> Well, not always strictly "as needed". I must admit that discovery of
this list caused some purchases. Mostly completing my kit while it's still
easy.
>
> Which isn't to say that I won't also buy a digital system someday, but I
don't currently take enough pictures to be worth it, and film works pretty
well. It's the same as with lenses - I buy them as needed when needed.
>
> People like me (like us, actually) are the despair of camera
manufacturers. Still using the same camera thirty years later. Digital
cameras are much better -- they break in a few years, and are not
economically reparable, so people have to buy them evert two or three years,
not two or three decades.
>
> Joe Gwinn
>
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