Good luck. We are all in the struggle.
Titoy
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> From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] First Olympus OM? (kinda long)
> Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:21 PM
>
> Well I'm catching up on email after a long weekend motorcycle trip...
only
> about 400 of the 800+ emails waiting for me are from the OM list.
>
> My first OM was bought when I was taking photography classes at the
> community college in 1976. I had been using a Leica IIIg that I got with
> three lenses (35, 50, 135) for $500, but I decided that I wanted an SLR
and
> a built-in meter. The reviews of the OM-1 indicated that it was a
> professional-level SLR on par with the Canon F-1 and Nikon F2 which were
> quite a lot more expensive. After carefully checking the ads in the back
of
> Modern Photography and Popular Photography I placed my order with J & R
> Camera World in New York City.
>
> I ordered an OM-1 with 50/1.4 lens, (much faster than my 50/2.0
collapsible
> Summicron) and a 24/2.8 wide angle (much wider than the 35/3.5 Summaron)
and
> a 75-150/4.0 zoom (better and zoomier than the 135/4.5 Hektor). All this
> came to ~$675, which was about a month's take-home pay. But since I lived
at
> home I had more disposable income. There was an immediate jump in my
> photography rate, and with the built-in and accurate metering my usable
> slides per roll increased dramatically.
>
> After a while I got a Winder 1, and my OM kit stayed at this
configuration
> for a few years. In the early 1980's when my brother worked at Sears
their
> camera department had a close-out on an Olympus OM-2n, which was further
> sweetened by the 15% 'family members' employee discount, so I added that
to
> my equipment. In the early 1990's I roamed the pawn shops of the SF Bay
area
> and found a number of lenses to fill out the range, adding a 35/2.8, a
> 50/3.5 macro, an 85/2.0, a 200/4.0 and a 135/2.8. All of this still fit
in
> one bag, but that ended when I discovered e*ay...
>
> That was the start of my financial ruin, then discovering and joining
this
> list was the last nail in the coffin. I've gone a bit overboard, and it
> seems like everything Olympus is sought. I've gotten a few XA's, a few
> XA-2's, a few Stylus's, an IS-1 and an IS-3 *and* an IS-30 (why would
> *anyone* need one of each???) and some various Oly point-and-shoots, and
> various Oly rangefinders, and a few Pen F's and FT's and a few lenses for
> those...
>
> I need help, ladies and gentlemen of the list! I've lost all control...
can
> someone here give me counsel or is all lost?
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
>
> PS -- Does anyone know of any OM-3T's for a good price? I don't have one
of
> those yet...
>
> ;-)
>
> JB
>
>
>
>
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