Say this to yourself: I need lenses, I need lenses......
I'd consider the following to give you good coverage and quality
24/2.8 for a nice wide angle (the 21/3.5 is nice too, but very wide for a first
WA)
85/2 for fast, superb medium telephoto
50/3.5 macro or Tamron/Vivitar/Tokina 90mm macro
200/4 or 300/4.5 for a long lens
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>Subject: [OM] Allow me to introduce myself...
> From: Mike Ferguson <mikeferguson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:46:06 +0100
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I'll start, if I may, with a Road To Damascus moment.
>
>I own a C*n*n Ixus (an Elph to those in the US - I live in London, UK), and
>for a long time I was happy. Stick it in your pocket, always ready, never
>miss a photo opportunity.
>
>Then, for some reason, I decided to take my OM10 along with the Ixus on a
>trip to the US a couple of years ago. I snapped away (I am a snapper, I
>admit it). And was astounded by the results - the difference between the
>pictures from the OM10 and those from the Ixus was unbelievable. I'm sure
>the 35mm vs APS debate will have been done to death on this list at some
>point in the past, but for me this was a defining moment.
>
>Anyone want to buy a well used Ixus complete with a thick patina of dust?
>
>Anyway, in summer 2002 me, my then girlfriend, my OM10 and a 64 and a half
>Mustang hit the highway and toured 43 of the lower 48 in just over two
>months. And the damn OM10 died in the Smokey Mountains - the last picture
>it took was of the steam that rises over the mountains and gives them their
>name.
>
>So when we reached New Orleans it was time for a new camera. The girlfriend
>had a C*n*n Rebel and loved it, and I have to say I was taken by its light
>weight, the AF and the built in flash. So, in a toss-up between an OM2000
>and a N*k*n N65 (that's an F65 back home), the latter won. And from what
>I've read of the OM2000 since, I don't think that was too bad a decision...
>
>But back in Blighty I decided that I wasn't going to let the OM10 slip away
>quite so easily...as a teenager I lusted over the shiny OM10s in the pages
>of my mum's home shopping catalogue (when I wasn't lusting over the women's
>underwear pages, of course). Alas, Japanese technology was beyond the reach
>of a poor Belfast family, so my first SLR was a Zenit 11 (and you can learn
>a lot from a Russian camera when you're young enough to be able to carry
>it...).
>
>So, the OM10 being jammed and new batteries having no effect, I took off the
>bottom plate and (sorry camera techs) sprayed a little WD40 into its
>innards. A miracle...the OM10 was back in action, and the N65 began to
>gather dust.
>
>Then, inevitably, I discovered THAT auction site, and the collection began
>to grow...
>
>The current score is an OM2n, an OM2SP, an OM40 and an OM1 (which you lot
>helped me replace the prism in), a couple of 50 F1.8s, a couple of 35-70
>f4s, a 75-150 f4 and a 135 f3.5.
>
>Combined with a T20 and a T32, I feel I have most of the bases covered for,
>as I said, snapping...but a sense of OM adventure is upon me.
>
>So, the obligatory question which gives these posts their point - what would
>list members suggest I acquire next? The budget, while not bottomless, is
>flexible within the normal bounds of those of us with bills to pay and no
>trust fund to rely on.
>
>Dear me - I wrote a book. Many thanks for reading this far...
>
>Mike
>
>PS I actually liked the car threads, and this is being typed on a Macintosh
>Powerbook G3 Pismo...oooh, controversial...
>
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