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> From: The Searcher <hopi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Coming aboard
> Date: Sunday, October 11, 1998 11:47 AM
>
> Hi.
>
> At the rist of boring a whole lot of folks out there, I'm going to throw
in
> my two, "newbie," cents here................
> It is handy, yes, to adjust the shutter
> speed at the base of the mount, but it's NOT so handy to adjust the
apeture
> at the end of the barrel.
Hi Jason,
Welcome aboard!
I think it is only due to you have accustomed to your Nikon lens, I myself
feel the OM lens front aperture position very well placed.
> Previewing and adjusting (at the same time) depth
> of field is considerably more awkward with an OM camera than a Nikon, and
> that kind of adjusting is something I do often.
I do have other friends that switched from Nikon to OM find the DOF
previewing button on OM lens is much better than Nikon, you need to use a
finger at right hand to operate the preview button while another finger
placed on the shutter release, this becoming worse when you have a motor
drive connected.
> Finding OM lenses has not
> been easy. To be honest, I have no lenses at all. My Nikkors have served
me
> so well, and I thought to replace them with OM equivalents. However, a
> sharp, affordable, reasonably fast super-wide is a tall order in the used
> OM market, I'm finding out.
You can try the ebay or this mailing list, ads for the OM equipment are
available quite often there. Here in Hong Kong we can order most of the OM
equipment from Japan with the listed price x 0.85.
> My 20/2.8 Nikkor was my most useful lens. Now,
> to replace it, I'm seeking a used OM 21/3.5, and the half-stop loss will
be
> a regretable concession.
You can buy the OM 21/2 with one stop faster!
> And my 50/2.8 Micro-Nikkor, amazing for its
> contrast and sharpness, will be replaced by the slower OM 50.3.5 macro.
You can also buy the OM 50/2 Macro, again one stop faster.
> Again, the giving up speed, yet making the same investment, is not
> something I do enthusiastically.
Spend more time on the OM market you may find some very good priced OM 2nd
hand equipment.
> And, while it's true that I am accustomed
> to Nikon feel, it seems to me that the focusing helical(helicoid?) in
> Nikkor lenses is smoother than OM lenses;
You might have got a bad lens, all my Zuikos are very smooth.
> again, as I'm sure you've
> gathered by now, feel is important to me. Anyway, getting back to the 4T,
> there is a shortcoming that I find peculiar. There are few other
> interactions with your camera that are more important than film advance.
On
> Nikon cameras, the action of the lever is so positive and satisfying, and
> on some models (F3), effortless. But the film advance mechanism on the 4T
> is, I'm sad to say, the worst I've ever felt in a manually-wound SLR.
> Interestingly, this is less of a shortcoming with the older OM-1 and
> OM-2/2s bodies I've held.
Yes, the feeling of the film advance level is not as good as the OM-1/2,
but it reduced the travelling distance and it is not that "awful" as you
feel.
> Perhaps they have ball bearings, while the 4T is
> bearingless. I'm not an engineer, and I have no idea what is hiding in
> there, but I can tell you that it feels awful. Anyway, enough griping. My
> point here is not to slam the 4T. Indeed, I have weighed the pros and
cons
> and the pros have won out; I now own a 4T. But, as I've said, I am
> lensless. As I have found it impossible to procure a used 21/3.5 MC,
There is one 21/3.5 in ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=34630485
> I have decided to seek out a 100/2.8, a focal length which I also find
very
> useful among Nikkors.
I suggest you go for the 100/2, this lens is great. You will like it, I had
a Nikon 105/2.5 few years ago, IMHO it just not as good as my 100/2.
> I'm excited about learning as much about the OM system as I
> have about Nikon. The Hove book, The Nikon Compendium, has served me
well.
> I'm sad that there are no such system overview books still in print about
> the OM system (or none that I've seen, anyway).
>
Sometimes searching is a nice experience, may be better than having
everything on hand.
C.H.Ling
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My web site concerning the OMs
http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~chling
> I'm sorry if this has been a verbose introduction, but I have thought a
lot
> about my conversion and I just wanted to share some of those thoughts
with
> people who might relate. Thanks to every one on this list who has shared
so
> much great info. I have learned a lot from you all (by lurking, that is).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jason in Minneapolis
>
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