In 1970 I shot with a Leica M2 and 50/2 DR Summicron. Which back then cost
me $250. A bit more than a mid-grade SLR cost back then, but not that much
more.
The M2 was sold to retire some college debt (wish I hadn't). I then shot
with a Leica IIIf for years. The OM-2 came into my life in 1991, when the
IIIf was getting too expensive to maintain. I decided to go for the most
Leica M-like SLR I could find, and Olympus was it.
--Peter
> Cap pistols is also what came to my mind first;-)
>
> I became 7 in '70 en started photographing in '74 with agfamatic and soon
> after the Voigtlander vitorette from my father. Bought my first SLR (OM-1)
> in '77, followed by an OM-2n in '79 after I had my first holyday job.
>
> Wiliam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goss,Steve [mailto:SGOSS [at] CERNER.COM]
> Sent: donderdag 17 mei 2012 21:00
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] What were you shooting in 1970?
>
> What was I shooting in 1970? Maybe cap pistols. I was 11, and didn't get my
> first camera until 2 years later. It was a Genuine Kodak Instamatic, that
> took 126 film.
> Back then my Dad was shooting a Baldessa Balda rangefinder. He didn't get
> his Nikon F until several years later.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Goss
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt [at] chucknorcutt.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:45 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [OM] What were you shooting in 1970?
>
>
> Moose asked Ken: What were you shooting in 1970?
>
> I thought that made for a new subject. In 1970 I was shooting with a
> Miranda GT with one lens, the standard 50/1.8. The page where this
image is
> from <http://www.mirandacamera.com/_intro/Image17.jpg> says:
> "The Model F was extended into the more comprehensive Model G, with
> interchangeable focus screens, an oversize mirror, and mirror lockup.
> This last feature, coupled with the availability of a magnifying finder,
> made the G particularly attractive to astronomers for telescope use".
>
> My wife bought it for me in 1968 as my university graduation present. I
> sorely wanted to do astrophotgraphy at the time and my Petri 7s
> <http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/Petri7s.html> rangefinder (my
> very first camera bought in Germany in 1963) was a significant impediment.
> The "T" in Miranda GT meant TTL metering in the T prism.
> Of course, removing the metering pentaprism for other prism or the 5X
> magnifier option meant losing all metering but that didn't matter for astro
> work.
>
> In 1974 I came into some unexpected money and used part of it to buy a
> Celestron 8 (2000mm f/10) with equatorial fork mount and an OM-1 with
> 50/1.8. But what I really wanted was a Canon F1. I didn't like the idea
> that the OM-1's pentaprism wasn't removable and that the focusing screen
was
> a piece of plastic that had to be removed through the lens mount. The
Canon
> F-1 was like the Miranda. The pentaprism was removable and it used real
> glass focusing screens in brass frames just like the Miranda. But I bought
> the OM-1 because it was lots cheaper.
> Little did I know that I made the right long term decision for the wrong
> reason. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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