Olympus om1

trev · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 580 Location: North Wales - UK

Just how good is the OM1n? Ive read so much about it and all seems to be good, I already have the OM2n and have sort of reached a decision to sell off my Canon manual gear and also the Pentax ME that I have,
TIA

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

I fell into loving the OM1 by accident, a great deal at a charity shop saw me walking away with the OM1, three lenses and a flash for £20. I did have to put a battery in it, then later I did the light seals, but I'm not complaining.
The camera is a joy to use, although it's compact it still feels well made and good quality, and the lenses are the same, small and perfectly formed, and optically excellent. What's not to like about an OM1? Very Happy

But I didn't sell my Canon or Pentax gear because of it, and I doubt that I would. I wouldn't care to argue if it's better or worse than any of the competitors cameras, it's just different in its conception.

Excalibur · Expire: 2014-04-21

.....................No fun with M42 lenses if you only have an Olympus film camera Sad

trev · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 580 Location: North Wales - UK

Seems like Im going to have to return the om1n to the vender as when advancing the film the shutter curtains return to where they started and I cannot trip the shutter. Is it what is called "shutter capping"? Bloody nuisance whatever.
TIA

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England

A shame because it is a lovely camera to use. It was my first 'real' SLR camera. It cost me £200 in 1976. Not so compatible with adapters for other lens mounts but you didnt worry about that in the old days.

trev · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 580 Location: North Wales - UK

Vender has agreed for me to return the lens for a full refund plus postage costs both ways, cant say fairer than that can you. If he can fix it he will return it to me

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England

trev · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 580 Location: North Wales - UK

Sure will, he's on UK ebay as CAMCENTRE and goes by the name of JIM

trev · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 580 Location: North Wales - UK

Oh dear, been informed that the OM1n is only fit for spares, damned shame as it was in really excellent condition. however the seller has refunded the purchase price plus his postage costs plus mine to return the camera to him.
So all in all Im quite satisfied.

moltogordo · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:26 am Post subject:

Too bad. Don't hesitate to buy another - it is a gem of a camera. I have one, and three lenses - the Zuiko 21mm f3.5, the Zuiko 50mm f1.8, and the Zuiko 100mm f2.8. I figured this was the perfect trio for the camera, and I used the OM-1 as my main SLR for years. The only SLR I prefer is the Pentax MX, which is even smaller. When I got one, I kept my Olympus.

My skinny on the OM-1 is that the meters are usually dead, moreso than other cameras from that era. Don't know if that's true or whether I heard it from a purple zitted green-skinned troll under the Nechako River Bridge in Prince George. Doesn't matter to me much because I use a lightmeter anyway, but it might be an issue.

Olympus lenses are consistently sharp and good across the board. They were as popular in England as the Canon was in NA - all of the newspaper guys used them there. Again, a gem.