It is interesting to see what has become valuable after the end of the
production of OM items. Some things that are scarce and pricey have
acquired a mystique that seems to be more related to their cost than
anything else. My nominations:
40/2 pancake lens. Little difference in view from a standard 35mm focal
length. Some slight sacrifices in image quality to compactness.
Difficult to use because of ultra compactness. Attached to a camera the
package is not significantly smaller than a 35mm WA attached to a
camera. Ungodly expensive for what you get. Cute on the camera though.
13-2 focusing screen. The look is different with claims of exact stops
of improvement in dark focusing. But my experience was that there was
very little difference that could even be detected in ease of focus in
dim light and there is the loss of the elegance of true ground glass
focusing. The
price inflation of this option makes it increasingly questionable as
value for the money.
Anyone have anything to add?
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
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