Hi Chuck,
How do you like your Kiron 28-105? I recently purchased one on that auction
site, but haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
Darin
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [OM] Jan 1st woes...
> What an inauspicious start for the New Year's day photo session. Since
> it was cold I decided to drag out the original OM-1. It hasn't had a
> roll of film through it since JH CLA'd it several years ago. Time to
> practice with it and get ready for the Odyssey camera.
>
> Thaw a roll of Provia frozen since time immemorial. While waiting for
> the thaw on the radiator try out the Winder 1. Damn. Doesn't work
> right. Shutter release lever not engaging properly. Sometimes winder
> doesn't shut off. Just sits there and whirs. Take it off. Decide on a
> lens. Ah, the Kiron 28-105 would make the perfect walk around lens
> today. It's cold, dull and dreary outside and with only ISO 100 the
> f/3.2 at the short end will be good to have. Haven't used this lens
> either in a long, long time. Check the aperture. Ooops. It's stuck
> wide open. Ah, there. It's working now. Needed a little exercise to
> free it up. Mount it on the OM-1 and set it to f/16. Open the camera
> back to make sure I can see the lens closing down. Kick the wind lever.
> What!! The shutter fired all by itself as I was winding. Try again!
> What!! Try again a dozen more times. Go get the 85/2 Zuiko. Try it
> out. Works just fine. OM-1 not firing on the wind. Go get the 35-70
> Zuiko. Put it on the OM-1. Works fine. OM-1 still behaving as it
> should. Go get the OM-2s. Put the Kiron on the OM-2s. Kick the wind
> lever. What! No self release. Do it a dozen more times. OM-2s works
> fine with Kiron lens installed. Kiron lens also closing down as it
> should. Reinstall the Kiron lens on OM-1. Kick the wind lever. Damn.
> There, it's firing itself again. Again and again. Arggghhh!!!
> Consider taking 2s instead. No, it's cold outside. Take a mechanical
> camera. Grab small camera bag. Take Tokina 17mm, Zuiko 24mm, Zuiko
> 35-70 and Kiron 70-150 instead of Kiron 28-105. Too much stuff. Too
> much stuff.
>
> Go take pictures while freezing arse off. Use 35-70 for half and 24 for
> most of the rest. Hmmm. Two frames left. Light is fading fast. Let's
> try the 17mm. Oops. Meter says f/3.5 max is already 1/3 stop too slow.
> No tripod available. Shoot with the 17 anyhow.
>
> Worry, worry, worry. Brain is so conditioned to histograms it's no
> longer sure of how to make a proper exposure. Oh, well. We'll see.
>
> Cheers all and happy new year.
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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