I really like the idea of sending an OM-1 and you have to use the 50/1.8 that
comes with it. That should generate some interesting photos, but nothing too
wacky. It also kind of levels the field by excluding other lenses.
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Subject: [OM] Re: Sending an Olympus on a world trip - which model?
From: Andrew McPhee <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:32:28 +1100
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>>Andrew McPhee wrote:
>> >What camera should we use?
>> >
>>And Moose replied:
>>Although the list often encompasses may things non Oly and clearly
>>includes many non-OM Oly threads, isn't it at the core an OM list? I'd
>>vote for an OM-1, the original OM. It could be sent about with a 50/1.8
>>bodycap, with participants invited to use it and/or any OM lens they
>>have. I'd be happy to lend a body and lens. If it comes back eventually
>>as a world traveller, I can sit down and listen to the tales it has to
>>tell. If not, that's ok too, I'd just hope that the tale of its loss
>>turns out to be interesting. Batteries shouldn't be a problem, they last
>>forever in an OM-1.
>>
>>It's sort of like the local comic strip years ago. There was a story arc
>>interspersed with other things about a rural fellow who was eating an
>>old Rambler car bit by bit. The reporter there when he swallowed the
>>last bolt asked him is there was anything he regretted about what he had
>>done. The answer: "Wow, I could 'a had a V8!", accompanied with head
>>slap. That's sort of what sending an RC, XA1, etc. around sounds like to
>>me. Like the Hokey-Pokey, the OM is what it's all about.
>
>
>My reason behind sending a RF camera around was to keep it simple, to keep
>the weight down, and to keep it cheap in case it got lost. And the
>cheapness would also avoid any extra expense of import/export duties when
>sending it between countries.
>
>But I agree that sending an OM-1 around would add some class to the
>exercise. Maybe we could compromise and just send an OM-1 body..?
>
>A couple of people have mentioned they're in favor of using a Trip 35. I
>like this idea too, sending a "Trip" on a trip seems to be fitting!
>
>Here's something else to keep in mind - we could do this round-the-world
>thing as many times as we like, the Argus group is currently on it's second
>"Argosy". We could start small this time with a RF camera and maybe next
>time use an OM-1...
>
>So what do others think?
>
>- Send an OM-1 with 50mm f1.8?
>- Send an OM-1 body only?
>- Send a Trip 35?
>- Send a XA1?
>
>Andrew McPhee
>
>
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