The life of an OM body can go on and on. You won't necessarily be the envy
of the neighborhood for hanging a 25 year old camera around your neck, but
if you don't need AF AND it doesn't matter to you that you don't have the
latest bells and whistles, then what else matters?
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Johnsonpa@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] newly introduced
| <<I don't think the OM family is your best choice. While we all use and
love
| the equipment, it is at the end of its life. There are not going to be
new
| features, bodies, lenses, etc. What you see is what you get. As much as
I
| like OM (and you'll soon discover from the list that I may have the
| zuikoholism disease worse than anyone), I wouldn't recommend it to you.
| Look at something else - Canon, Nikon, etc. for a long-life choice.>>
|
| This is definitely NOT a flame, but I'm not sure if I agree with Tom
| completely. I'm sure others are better qualified to respond, but I find
the
| single-digit OMs very rugged and expect them to continue for years. Maybe
| I'm being optimistic b/c I'm young and am investing in what _is_ a dying
| system, but my OM-2 is probably a '75 model (older than me!) and still
| kicking. I can't say that for my brother's wonderbrick. It died and when
he
| took it a camera shop, they said the lifespan was really only supposed to
be
| about three years! Maybe the salesperson was full of it, but no
salesperson
| would ever put the lifespan of a single digit OM around 3 years, or even
10
| years. Granted there are good reasons to go a wonderbrick, and I'll
probably
| pick one up eventually for the super-fast super teles simply b/c that's an
| area where a manual focus camera can easily lead to missed shots. Someone
| else mentioned this, and I'll say it again: get one on eBay (or even
better
| from a list member) and it you'll probably be able to get rid of it for
close
| to what you paid if you decide you don't like it (provided you take care
of
| it). I can't say the same for wonderbricks. They are like computers that
| lose their value as technology changes. OMs on the other hand, are not in
| the technology race and are 'tools' (as someone said earlier) and not
'toys',
| especially the amatuer wonderbricks Tom is recommending. Furthermore, the
| OMs are part of a system, where as some other companies are less so.
Going
| olympus allows you to get some really unique and professional lenses at
| reasonable price. However, I think the real decision comes down to
whether
| you want to take snapshots for the record or you want to use your
creativity
| to 'capture' something. If you are looking for snapshots, then go the
easy
| route and get a wonderbrick, but if you yearn for the other, then you will
| probably be willing to take the extra time to learn photography and be
less
| concerned about manual focus and manual control. Tripping the shutter
will
| become the easy part!
| That's just my $0.02, and I'm sure others completely
disagree...but's
| that okay too. I hope to hear their thoughts :)
| --p.j.
|
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