on 10/16/01 11:37 AM, Walt Wayman at hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
snipped the part my Mom wouldn't want me to read...
Gee Walt, this is a family environment, OK! Take it easy on us single guys!
> Reader's Digest version: The OM-1n arrived today from KEH, in such
> great condition I'm surprised it wasn't still in the box. The
> only flaw is one small scratch near the tripod socket.
> The "Passed" sticker looks like it's never been touched. However,
> it apparently has been serviced at some time or other. There's a
> sticker inside the back from "Voll-Service, Olympus Europa,
> Olympus Optical Co., Hamburg." (Maybe that's why the German came
> to mind.)
>
> I now know why everybody praises the OM-1 so highly -- it is a
> real thing of beauty. It's hard to put it down, and I'm not sure
> exactly why. The first lens I attached was a 180/2.8 Zuiko (just
> over a seven-incher), and I think we are going to get along fine.
> I plan to use it (her) when the mirror lock-up will be an
> advantage over my OM-4s -- like when using long lenses and for
> macro work with the bellows or 65-116 auto tube when not using
> flash. (IMO, any time flash is called for, it's OM-4 time.)
>
> So where is Tom Scales? Has he got that immaculate OM-2n I'm
> supposed to need now? :-)
>
> Walt Wayman
>
Glad this one is a keeper. I've never gotten away from the OM-1, for a lot
of uses its the perfect companion.
Now you've got me doing it...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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