I still have a system but I have sold off all of the so-called better
lens such as the 18/3.5, 21/2, 24/2, 35/2, 100/2, 300/4.5 and centered
on the 49mm filter lens. Here's what I can fit into my Lowe Orion
waist pack: OM-4T, OM-3, 16/3.5, 21/3.5, 24/2.8, 28/2, 35/2.8, 50/3.5,
85/2, 135/3.5, a stack of filters and a few rolls of film in the side
pockets. Its a rather large pack to fit on your fanny (sorry) but it
does a lot in smaller space than the E-300, and E-330 with 8mm, 7-14,
and 14-54, which is my present digital system.
Warren
On 8/9/08, William Sommerwerck <grizzledgeezer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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