That it has, John!
It really broke my heart to sell that lens, and if I didn't give up on
35mm film in general, I would never ever have sold any of this
equipment. It's a move I did for artistic reasons, to force myself to
stop using it.
I feel truly privileged to have owned and used that lens (I have
hundreds of negatives) - instead of putting it in a case.
Dawid
On 21 May 2012, at 12:48 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
> I'm surprised to hear that. The 250/2 sure has done some traveling.
>
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> On 5/20/2012 4:44 PM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>> Gentlemen, it's been a blast - but I have decided that 35mm film is
>> doing my work more harm than good.
>> The Olympus OM equipment is so darn spectacular to use, that they
>> automatically take preference over other (larger-format) cameras
>> for... shall we say... "considered" work.
>>
>> I could never stand the agony of carefully breaking up and selling my
>> rather spectacular OM kit, so I sold the whole lot to a local dealer
>> for about $6000. It broke my heart, but it needed to be done. Even
>> when you shoot an amazing film like Adox CHS 25, only a few of the OM
>> lenses have the optical qualities to produce spectacular prints,
>> which
>> even the humblest Mamiya RB or large-format lens can. I just
>> processed
>> some 6x7cm Pan F work, and I decided "that's it - 35mm could never
>> compare, so why continue torturing yourself to get the best out of
>> those tiny negatives with even *more* effort than what it takes to
>> produce good MF and LF work?"
>>
>> I have returned to my roots, and that meant letting go of this - most
>> satisfying of 35mm systems. I am going to use the funds to build a
>> new
>> darkroom, and to acquire a few necessary medium- and large-format-
>> related pieces of equipment. Be prepared for a couple of interesting
>> OM items that will no doubt show up on eBay soon (21/2.0, 40/2.0,
>> 90/2.0, 250/2.0, OM-3Ti, 20/38/80/135 macros, etc). I won't be
>> following all of that - though I am mighty curious as to what a
>> 250/2.0 will fetch on the open market.
>>
>> If I remain subscribed to this list, it's only because I have
>> hundreds
>> of OM negatives yet to print and scan, and I would like to continue
>> sharing and discussing them on this most characterful list. It does
>> sadden me that 95% of posts on this list no longer discuss OM gear or
>> film-related work, but that's the nature of being in 2012, I guess.
>>
>> Thank you all for the interesting discussions, thoughts, and ideas.
>> Oh - and Moose - it's a little bit your fault :-)
>> (only kidding)
>>
>> Dawid Loubser
>> http://philosomatographer.deviantart.com/gallery/
>>
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