National Geographic had a ton of OM-1s and 2s. They had more Nikon
stuff, but still OM was heavily used.
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Walt Wayman wrote:
> OMs were the cameras UPI issued to all their photographers in 'Nam,
> so I think that would qualify for pro status.
>
> Walt
>
> -- "Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic."
> -- Edward Weston
>
>
> -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jay
> Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 08:33:33AM +1000, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>> The lesson of the OM-1 was that it was never considered a pro
>>> camera except by a tiny minority and was never a market leader.
>>> Some lesson.
>> Hm. Why, then, do I keep hearing pros say that the OM system was
>> definitely one of the better professional systems out there?
>>
>
>
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