that my friend was some valuable 0.02. i think i've realized that my best bet
is to be patient and not jump into anything too quickly. like you were saying i
my dream is to capture life and not just the face value of it.
another question not exactly along the same lines but kind of. has anyone done
some serious backpacking trips with any of their olympus equipment? how did it
hold up and was it pretty easy to manuever with. i enjoy the outdoors and i
want something that will help reproduce my experiences better than my little
box i hvae now. i know OM's are durable and i did a couple day hikes in arizona
this christmas. i actually was climbing on some redrock formations and i
slipped with my camera around my neck and it hit my hip bone and the lens cover
(not exactly sure what their called) got dented on the rim. protected the lens
like it was supposed to and i was pretty suprised. your thoughts?
On Fri, 02 March 2001, Johnsonpa@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2><<I don't think the OM
> family is your best choice. While we all use and love
> <BR>the equipment, it is at the end of its life. There are not going to
> be new
> <BR>features, bodies, lenses, etc. What you see is what you get.
> As much as I
> <BR>like OM (and you'll soon discover from the list that I may have the
> <BR>zuikoholism disease worse than anyone), I wouldn't recommend it to you.
> <BR>Look at something else - Canon, Nikon, etc. for a long-life
> choice.>>
> <BR>
> <BR>This is definitely NOT a flame, but I'm not sure if I agree with Tom
> <BR>completely. I'm sure others are better qualified to respond, but I
> find the
> <BR>single-digit OMs very rugged and expect them to continue for years.
> Maybe
> <BR>I'm being optimistic b/c I'm young and am investing in what _is_ a dying
> <BR>system, but my OM-2 is probably a '75 model (older than me!) and still
> <BR>kicking. I can't say that for my brother's wonderbrick. It
> died and when he
> <BR>took it a camera shop, they said the lifespan was really only supposed to
> be
> <BR>about three years! Maybe the salesperson was full of it, but no
> salesperson
> <BR>would ever put the lifespan of a single digit OM around 3 years, or even
> 10
> <BR>years. Granted there are good reasons to go a wonderbrick, and I'll
> probably
> <BR>pick one up eventually for the super-fast super teles simply b/c that's
> an
> <BR>area where a manual focus camera can easily lead to missed shots.
> Someone
> <BR>else mentioned this, and I'll say it again: get one on eBay (or even
> better
> <BR>from a list member) and it you'll probably be able to get rid of it for
> close
> <BR>to what you paid if you decide you don't like it (provided you take care
> of
> <BR>it). I can't say the same for wonderbricks. They are like
> computers that
> <BR>lose their value as technology changes. OMs on the other hand, are
> not in
> <BR>the technology race and are 'tools' (as someone said earlier) and not
> 'toys',
> <BR>especially the amatuer wonderbricks Tom is recommending.
> Furthermore, the
> <BR>OMs are part of a system, where as some other companies are less so.
> Going
> <BR>olympus allows you to get some really unique and professional lenses at
> <BR>reasonable price. However, I think the real decision comes down to
> whether
> <BR>you want to take snapshots for the record or you want to use your
> creativity
> <BR>to 'capture' something. If you are looking for snapshots, then go
> the easy
> <BR>route and get a wonderbrick, but if you yearn for the other, then you
> will
> <BR>probably be willing to take the extra time to learn photography and be
> less
> <BR>concerned about manual focus and manual control. Tripping the
> shutter will
> <BR>become the easy part!
> <BR> That's just my $0.02, and I'm sure
> others completely disagree...but's
> <BR>that okay too. I hope to hear their thoughts :)
> <BR>--p.j.
> <BR></FONT></HTML>
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