I have never seen or even heard of this Mag. but I would like to read the
article!
can any one please help me out !?
Thanks
terry
"George M. Anderson" wrote:
> I received my copy of Photo Techniques last night, and immediately read
> the article on the best-kept secret. The author was Douglas Dubler, a
> professional fashion and studio photographer. Not only does he love the
> OM system, and has bought some OM equip for his 'personal' (maybe not
> professional) use, but the first 2 paragraphs wax enthusiastic about the
> IS-3, whose lens he says is as good as any of his Nikkors. Except for
> the slow speed of the lens, which is what drove him to OM. He then
> mentions several Zuikos which he bought or were lent to him which he
> says are better than any competing lenses, they are: 35-80/2.8; 100/2;
> 18/3.5 and 180/2 (Uh-OH, I don't have any of these, ... )
>
> I'm not going to recount the whole article here, but I will say that it
> was a **great** ego-booster for me as an OM user. I would highly
> recommend that folks get this magazine (it's a 'real' photo mag on it's
> own merits) and read this article.
>
> George
>
> PS: As for Wayne's question, my guess is up, up, up.
>
> On a related note, I recently did a 'Doris' and got up early to head to
> a 5-block garage sale. Unfortunately, no OM, but I did find an old
> Minolta SRT-101 plus 4 lenses and got it all for $100. I put the camera
> and the 58/1.4 lens up on eBay and found there is almost NO market for
> this OM-1 era Minolta equip. One of the lenses is a practically mint
> condition 35/1.8 which I was sure I could get $150 or more for alone.
> Well I based this, wrongly, on the going rate of the slower Zuiko 35/2.
> I got only $80 for the lens. At least it looks like I may make some
> profit on my $100.
>
> "Harridge, Wayne" wrote:
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I received my copy of Photo Techniques USA, July/Aug. 99 and
> > > Photography's
> > > Best Kept SECRET is the Olympus OM system, an article by
> > > Douglas Dubler.
> > > This is a rather glowing report on his use of the 4ti and
> > > various lenses.
> > >
> > > Also in a article on Dual Flash Macro Lighting Technique, is
> > > an OM1 with
> > > two small vivitar flashes on the Lepp bracket, lens is 50f3.5
> > > Macro Zuiko.
> > >
> > > Just thought everyone ought to know about this.
> >
> > While it is good to see the OMs getting the recognition they deserve, what
> > will this do to prices of used equipment ?
> >
> > Wayne Harridge
> > Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
> > http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
> >
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