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pentaxpete
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:53 pm Post subject: My Lovely OLYMPUS FILM Cameras ! |
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pentaxpete wrote:
My OLYMPUS FILM Cameras and all 'GIFTS' TOO !! Some from Camera Club members, some from Widows of Camera Club members. BACK ROW LEFT : OM10 with Manual Adapter, BACK ROW RIGHT : OM-2n
FRONT ROW LEFT : Black OM2 Spot Program with Winder 2 and the 50mm f1.4 lens FRONT ROW RIGHT : OM-1
![](http://forum.mflenses.com/userpix/20232/4963_OLYMPUS_film_cameras_1.jpg) _________________ Long Live REAL PHOTOGRAPHY ! |
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RokkorDoctor
![Level 3 Level 3](rating3.gif) Joined: 27 Nov 2021 Posts: 1389 Location: Kent, UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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RokkorDoctor wrote:
I never had one, but I always admired the engineering of those Olympus OM SLRs. I used Minolta XD7/XD11 cameras for quite some time, a similar styled camera.
Both these Olympus OM cameras and Minolta XD cameras proved that 35mm SLRs could indeed be made small yet packed with features.
And both systems had a lovely and excellent range of glass available, incl. near unrivalled macro system support.
If my parents had not already set me on a path into the Minolta system at a very young age, Olympus would have been my next choice; I just never felt the need to switch because both systems are exellent. _________________ Mark
SONY A7S, A7RII + dust-sealed modded Novoflex/Fotodiox/Rayqual MD-NEX adapters
Minolta SR-1, SRT-101/303, XD7/XD11, XGM, X700
Bronica SQAi
Ricoh GX100
Minolta majority of all Rokkor SR/AR/MC/MD models made
Sigma 14mm/3.5 for SR mount
Tamron SP 60B 300mm/2.8 (Adaptall)
Samyang T-S 24mm/3.5 (Nikon mount, DIY converted to SR mount)
Schneider-Kreuznach PC-Super-Angulon 28mm/2.8 (SR mount)
Bronica PS 35/40/50/65/80/110/135/150/180/200/250mm |
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kansalliskala
![Level 4 Level 4](rating4.gif) Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 5036 Location: Southern Finland countryside
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:20 am Post subject: |
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kansalliskala wrote:
They are nice to use and compact too!
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![](http://forum.mflenses.com/userpix/20232/226_olympus_1.jpg) _________________ MF: Kodak DCS SLR/c; Samsung NX10; OM-10; Canon T50
Zuiko 28/3.5, Distagon 35/2.8; Yashica ML 50/2;
Zuiko 50/1.4; S-M-C 120/2.8; Zuiko 135/3.5; 200/5;
Tamron AD1 135/2.8, Soligor 180/3.5; Tamron AD1 300/5.6
Tamron zooms: 01A, Z-210
Yashicaflex C; Київ 4 + Юпитер 8, 11; Polaroid 100; Olympus XA; Yashica T3
Museum stuff: Certo-Phot; Tele-Edixon 135; Polaris 90-190; Asahi Bellows; Ixus IIs
Projects: Agfa Isolette III (no shutter), Canon AE-1D (no sensor),
Nikon D80 (dead), The "Peace Camera"
AF: Canon, Tokina, Sigma Video: JVC GZ-MG275E |
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uddhava
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:52 am Post subject: |
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uddhava wrote:
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philslizzy
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
I think I've had every OM mount Olympus SLR at some time. My favourite was the OM1n.
I had an OM10, OM20 and OM40 which I used for weddings for years. Literally all three broke down at a wedding. I had to finish the job with a Yashica EZ Matic which I brought for fun.
They went sharpish thus began my love affair with The FM series of Nikons (FM, FM2, FE, FA). I only wish, at the time, that I'd known that OM lenses could be easily(ish) adapted for Nikon. _________________ Hero in the 'messin-with-cameras-for-the-hell-of-it department'. Official. |
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biggles3
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 7:53 pm Post subject: Olympus Ace Rangefinder & OM2 |
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biggles3 wrote:
You have some lovely Olympus gear!
Probably not many here are old enough to remember the beautiful Olympus Ace from 1959 (my first rangefinder) which featured interchangeable lenses.
It's still going strong after more than 60 years...
And for fun, here's a piccie of an old OM2 with the rare Zuiko 35-70 f3.6 and a 250 back.
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![](http://forum.mflenses.com/userpix/20235/2144_OM2_250_Back_Zuiko_3570_f36_1.jpg) _________________ Contax RTS/Zeiss lens fan and constant user along with my Mamiya RZ67 ProII. Favourite lens: Zeiss Planar 55 f1.2. |
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chhayanat
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:28 am Post subject: |
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chhayanat wrote:
Considered the OM-1 when I bought the Pentax-M system in 1981. Would even have bought into Olympus, given the publicity in the photography magazines by Lichfield, but Pentax had the cheapest 400mm among the leading makes and I had to have a 400mm lens. Still have it.
I feel that Olympus had better lenses than Pentax. _________________ Chhayanat
Pentax-M 28/2.8; 35/2; 50/1.4; 100/2.8; 80-200/4.5; 400/5.6.
Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35/2.4; Pancolar 50/1.8 (black).
Film cameras:
Zeiss Ikon Volta 135/6.3 Sonnar 9cm x 12 cm plate/sheet film;
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 521 75/3.5 Novar (post-War) 6cm x 4.5cm
Pentax MX x 2 (black);
Digital bodies:
Pentax K200D;
Samsung GX-20; |
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Doc Sharptail
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
philslizzy wrote: |
I think I've had every OM mount Olympus SLR at some time. My favourite was the OM1n.
They went sharpish thus began my love affair with The FM series of Nikons (FM, FM2, FE, FA). I only wish, at the time, that I'd known that OM lenses could be easily(ish) adapted for Nikon. |
Wish I had seen something like this a lot earlier. I had a Zuiko laying around here for a couple of years. It had come to me in one of my more infamous package deals- I didn't know it was in there until I started digging. It got traded off for something or other nikonish .
I'm hoping it's a glass-less adapter.
-D.S. _________________
D-810, F2, FTN.
35mm f2 O.C. nikkor
50 f2 H nikkor, 50 f 1.4 AI-s, 135 f3.5 Q,
50 f2 K nikkor 2x, 28-85mm f3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 35-105 3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 200mm f4 Micro A/I, partial list.
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