Deals are where you find them. (or Just in time)

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My Olympus OM-1md is overlapping frames. I know John Hermanson at Camtech can fix this but it is a very worn and old camera and so I've had some trepidation to send it off. There is that and John is in demand and always backed up 3 or 4 months so it's a quandary.
So, yesterday I wonder into a second hand store a few blocks from my apartment to see whatever I may see. A few second hand cameras, nothing interesting. And then I spy an OM, but which one? Turns out it's an OM-4T, the 'champagne' finish, silver paint on the titanium, good cosmetic condition to. But, dead batteries of course and I'm all out of 357 silver oxide batteries. But the price! Thirty dollars! So I too a chance and bought it. A couple of fresh batteries and it came right to life. This is a much more complex camera than my OM-1 so I will have to download and print out an instruction book, but all in all I think I got a real bargain.

 

[Les Sarile]

Congratulations! If your OM-4T is in good working order then that is a steal especially if you consider how much a spot meter alone cost. The only true spot meter (2% of frame) manual focus camera of the era, along with the OM-3.

 

[j-dogg]

I stole a flawless Nikomat, Nikon 85/2 AI-s in plastic case and 35/2.8 Nikkor silvernose, factory Nikon AI-modified for 5 bucks in a thrift shop

 

[ciniframe]

I stole a flawless Nikomat, Nikon 85/2 AI-s in plastic case and 35/2.8 Nikkor silvernose, factory Nikon AI-modified for 5 bucks in a thrift shop

Mine was a "deal" but not a "steal". But congrats none the less. What kills me is to see great old (and not so old) film cameras sitting forgotten and unloved. It is nice when the good people at APUG rescue them.

 

[MartinCrabtree]

Now you must use it.

 

[ciniframe]

Now you must use it.

Absolutely correct. After forty years of OM-1 ownership this will be the first OM body I've used that is battery dependent. I have always had a phycological barrier against anything that needed batteries to work. It is not rational, but that is true of many fears. So I have to overcome this problem. Also, all the cameras I have ever used of the 35mm SLR type have been self apparent in operation. I knew how to use them within 5 minutes of picking them up for the first time. For the 4T I need an instruction book and there is one available in PDF on the Olympus eSIF. I printed the important pages last night and intend to get familiar with the camera in time to take it on a short vacation in March. I'm actually a bit excited about this new (to me) camera.

 

[MartinCrabtree]

Enjoy.