William provokes an interesting thought.
The E510 / E3 cameras are wunderbricks and especially so when coupled up
with a 12-60 or a 14-54 as a "standard" walk around lens.
When abouts, if ever, will the elegence of 10-15-20mp digital be slimmed
down to the size of an OM4T with a 50/1.4 or 85/2 up front?
My E510 with a 12-60 up front has the resonance of an H1 Hummer on a neck
strap.................... can you image Cartier Bresson with such bulk
around his neck ?
A digital sized OM4T or M3 / M6 would be a huge treat !
How many years will this person have to wait to unload his wunderbrick?
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 7:25 PM
Subject: [OM] putting together a "souvenir" system
>
> This is likely premature, but it probably can't hurt.
>
> Several years ago, being nearly dead-broke, I was obliged to sell off my
> OM system. (The only significant items remaining are a champagne OM-4T
> body, the 280 flash, the auto-focus 35-70 lens, and a complete set of
> focusing screens, mostly unused.)
>
> The OM is unquestionably one of the great 35mm cameras. Olympus's attempt
> to create an "SLR Leica" was largely successful. (It's richly comic for
> Olympus to play up the extreme compactness of their smaller DSLRs. Their
> writer has likely never seen an OM and its lenses.)
>
> I've switched to Canon, so there's no practical need to retain any OM
> equipment. But I have a strong attachment to the OM system, both
> sentimental and technological.
>
> I'd very much like to put together a "memorial" system, useful for general
> photography, that could be tucked into my tiny 35-year-old carrying case
> *. Specifically, I'd like to round up a 24/2, 50/2 macro, and 85/2, in
> really good shape.
>
> The problem (outside of the fact I don't immediately have the money), is
> that these lenses (at least at KEH) are rather pricey (at least those in
> EX or better condition). Isn't there supposed to be a glut of 35mm lenses?
>
> I probably won't have the money until the middle of next year, but I'd be
> curious to hear any thoughts on this subject. Is anyone else out there
> doing anything like this?
>
> PS: If anyone wants the focusing screens, they're still available as a
> complete set.
>
> * When I worked for Bendix, I carried a _complete_ OM system in a Really
> Tiny case, one that today would hold little more than a high-res DSLR
> _body_ (sans lens).
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