Make that a Good two!
The OM2/OM3 sounds like a great combo, Brian. I envy 😎.
But I confess to have been happily plodding along with OM1/OM2 for the past
40 years or so.
So petite compared to the E-1.
Retro Rick
On Oct 29, 2016 5:54 PM, <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Rick wrote:
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> Do try to bugger on even with that terrible
> scuffed cover
>
> Oh well, I shall !! Actually, as Rick has figured out, I
> was taking the P ...
> Without loading batteries in it I figure it will
> work well. I remembered the unsticking routine.
> I already have a supply
> of SR 77's or whatever the correct silver oxide batteries are.
>
> The
> whole set is in pretty nice condition; it deserves being used. And to
> cap it off, I won an OM3 in the Californian Bay.
> One came up being sold
> by a Vietnam Vet who says he plays in the Bay to have some diversion
> from his spouse. The photos were lousy, so I looked hard, and read his
> words.
> He had it listed at a really nice (for me) price, so I bid on it.
> And persuaded him that even though he didn't want to post outside the
> USA, he would, since I asked.
> I pulled out of the bidding when it went
> above the level I had set myself.
> To my amazement, some days after the
> sale had gone to someone else, I received a "second chance" notification
> from the Bay.
> The winning bidder had failed to go through with the sale,
> so the seller offered it to me at the opening value, presumably because
> I was the opening bidder - or something like that.
>
> OM3i's are too
> expensive even now, and as far as I remember the main difference between
> the 3 and the 3i is that the 3 just eat batteries too fast.
> So I'll just
> take them out when not in use !!
>
> "I must use film again" Brian
>
> And to
> respond to Wayne's question, Yes I still have the Obsession 6x17 and
> have been seriously thinking about putting film through it again.
> I do
> have a good light meter for which I obtained the kit that enables me to
> get the correct reading in the absence of mercury batteries.
> Sad news
> about the passing it its creator. I did know about 3 years ago that he
> had some serious ailment like or = cancer.
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