I understand definitely where you are coming from,
what I am saying is that it can really be worth it to
spend a little more for some more quality stuff that
you feel confident about that if you shoot with it
won't let you down regarding quality. I mean that if
you use inferior equipment starting out it can sour
you on that hobby or whatnot for a long time. I
started out with that crappy Star-D tripod and I still
don't use a tripod as much as I should because of that
experience even though I have a wonderful Bogen 3021
tripod w 3047 head.
I can imagine getting an FM10 with a soup zoom as your
first SLR could sour one to taking pictures cause
getting it to work and such is a real chore due to the
eye-poking thing, the meter only being activated when
the shutter is depressed and so on... Things you have
to worry about that are superfluous to making a good
photograph (which boils down to apeture, shutter, and
focus). Taking pictures should be an enjoyable
experience almost all the time (if you are a
hobbyist/ameture/ anything but diehard pro) and the
camera should be more of an extension of you and your
creativity rather than a machine of frustration which
places a barrier between you and the picture. Good
cameras (of which OM is one of the best) are vehicles
of expression, bad cameras (such as the FM10 IMHO or a
camera with a 'plastic fantastic' lens) are engines of
frustration.
Mark Lloyd
--- Tris Schuler <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Agreed. But other stuff's available even cheaper
> than an OM-1. In my case,
> I used an Instamatic in my first photo class and I
> didn't even actually own
> that--it was a loaner from my girlfriend! And my
> point is that it was fine
> for the purpose. I needed _something_ to take
> pictures with in order to sit
> in on the class. After that I knew a better camera
> was required and I began
> to research it. That's when I met someone who had
> bought an OM-1 and that
> led me down my present photographic road.
>
> This summer I spent no small amount of money getting
> my daughter outfitted
> with basic OM gear (a 3-lens setup and a Winder 2).
> Is that overkill?
> Probably is, but we won't know for awhile. If she
> doesn't pursue
> photography at least she'll have quality gear for
> when she does snap off
> the idle picture, and who knows, but one day the
> girl just might be bitten
> by the photo bug. If and when that happens then
> she'll have been afforded
> the opportunity to know the difference between good
> equipment and the
> schlock most everyone buys. Whether that'll make a
> difference I don't know,
> but as a father it was my call to make and I went
> that route. I hope for
> the best.
>
> Tris
>
>
>
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