At 18:02 7/31/02, Winsor Crosby wrote:
It is interesting to see the variation in cost and content of a basic
camera and 3 lens kit. Sort of a low budget-high budget comparison for
someone just getting started on the cruel road to zuikoholism. My nominations:
Low: OM1N, 28/2.8, 50/3.5, 100/2.8.
High: OM4Ti, 24/2, 35-80/2.8, 135/2.8 Oops, no macro, but a little wider
range.
What do you think? Should the basic kit include an additional lens and a
flash?
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
My first setup:
OM-10 with manual adapter, 28/3.5, 50/1.8, 75-150/4, T-20 and Winder 2
Only things left from this are the T-20 and Winder 2. Sans Winder 2 this
*was* the touted OM entry level kit circa 1980, very shortly after the
OM-10 was introduced.
The body, flash and lenses were intended to be stepping stones to be
upgraded over time. This was ultimately achieved, but would not do it that
way again. My advice is planning and building a system one piece at a time
with the bodies and lenses that are ultimately desired, even if it takes
longer to do so. Usually less expensive over the long term. The system
can evolve over time, but it typically won't involve as much buying and
selling of bodies and lenses.
I bought into the OM system a number of years prior to the OM-PC, which I
would consider today for a low-budget kit, if the ultimate plan were to
make it a spare or 2nd body later.
-- John
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