What Olympus OM gear have you bought recently

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bluedog

Just bought a OM varimagnifinder. Not sure if I will use it - but it was a bargain.
Greg
 

Uncle Bill

My latest OM purchase was a shoe-4 for my OM-2n. My next purchase planned for a few weeks from now is a Zuiko 28 f2.8 lens along with a T-32 flash.
 

Uncle Bill

Well, the Zuiko 28 f2.8 is going to have to wait for a bit, I picked up a really nice OM-4 this afternoon and I have a test roll of Plus X in it right now.
 

PeteD

In the last couple of months I've bought an Olympus OM10 with manual adaptor (£20) a motor drive 2 (£13) an OM2n with 3 lenses (£33) an OM20 body (50p, long story sort of) 2x t20 and 1 t32 flash plus various other goodies. I also have an OM1n purchased new in 1982.

Pete
 

Fernando

i'm not that sure, ...but I think my last one was a genuine Olympus Skylight 1A 49mm filter

the one before must have been the f=170mm close up lens for the Macro 80mm ƒ/4, I bought that one together with the 1.4X-A.
and yes, after I had those, I bought a LNIB Macro 50mm ƒ/3,5
 

Brokenmatt

Junk shop- mouse holed Oly leather softbag with....wait for it... near perfect 75-150! Cashier saw the mouse hole and asked "it it stinky?" I offered that it probably was and she said "$5.00 and no returns, we got enough stinky stuff in here!" Just for the record, the bag was stinky but the lens is sweet!
Matt
 

Jim Simon

Mine was an f2.8 24mm off eBay for about £60 i think. It is simply the sharpest Zuiko I have, but I am of the opinion that there must be some sort of sample variation in the Zuikos, so I guess I'm lucky with this one. I'm also lucky in that my 135mm f3.5 is also extremely sharp, but I bought that ... 35 years ago. I've also recently begun using my OM1n much more than the OM2SP. I like the back to basics feel and the meter simply never lets me down (had it converted a year ago with a service). So; OM1 and 24mm = perfect.
 

Parsley

I picked up my first OM, an early OM-2 - the one with the RESET * on the bottom of the lens mount. I got it at the annual Lichtensteig Photo flea market. It's in excellent condition, no dents at all, has been recently serviced. Came with the manuals and a brown leather ERC that's in amazing condition.

I always lusted after one as back in the 70s the chairman of our local camera club had one, when I just had a tatty Edixa-mat. It looked so very sexy (the OM-2, not the Edixa...)

I found a 28mm f2.8 at my local camera store (shhh, wife doesn't know yet).

I haven't put any film through her yet; erm, what am I doing here talking to you lot? I'm off to show my new OM-2 the sights. Bye!

P.S. here's the link to the Lichtensteig annual photo flea market - http://www.photoflohmarkt.ch/
 

PeteD

Just picked up a non working (supposedly) OM10 body for £8 with the intention of doing up my old battered OM10, stuck batteries in it and it works. Also got an OM30 body with Sun 28-80 1:3.5-4.4 macro zoom for £10.50.

Pete
 

flash26c

Gee Pete, same thing happened to me! I bought an OM10 w/manual adapter and 50mm f1.8 lens for $9.00. Stuck new batteries in and presto, it works like a champ. All I really wanted was the manual adapter and now I have yet another camera to feed.

Ron
 

PeteD

Nice one Ron. I now have 7 camera bodies here and for some unknown reason I'm still looking at others.

Pete
 

steve prior

Just run a film through my lastest purchase of a mint condition OM-3 and I have to say I simply love this camera.
 

wblynch

Got a beat up OM1md with 50/1.8 for parts. Intend to resurrect my original OM1md from 1975 that is suffering wear issues. Organ Transplants-R-Us.
 

Peninsula

For this, my first foray into SLR photography, I've gone for the OM series. After a bit of reading around the web I picked OM due to the wide selection of reasonably priced bodies, lenses, and of course the resultant quality shots. I really like the weight, feel, and classic look of the cameras and, as a first-time SLR user, the satisfying snap! As I'm a beginner I went for an OM-10 as they're less expensive and at this stage I don't think I need the more advanced features.

I've somehow ended up with 3 OM-10 bodies! My first purchased camera having a possible defunct body bundled with it (£30 for two bodies with 1 x 50mm/1.8 - the spare body seems to work but haven't put film thru yet). My second camera was bought for the T20 flash it came with (bargain £20 with instruction booklet, a 50mm/1.8, cable release, strap, manual adapter & Hoya skylight). I'm having issues with the flash, though it might be my inexperience, so I will ask for help in another thread!

This third body is in pristine condition, with new light seals and no cosmetic damage. At the moment I have Ilford 400 B+W in it. Still early days for me as this is my first roll and I have yet to see the results.

Also bought a 28mm/3.5 wide angle on impulse, but failed to read the description fully and ended up with a lens slightly affected by fungus which I hope will not appear on the exposure. Currently looking out for a zoom or two of some sort, in and around 80-200 range.

Thanks for listening to/reading me spout about these lovely cameras which I hope I will own and enjoy for a very long time!
 

wblynch

Nice start with those OM10's. They are fun little cameras.

Keep that fungused lens away from the others. I hear that fungus will travel and infect your other equipment. I read that you can leave it out in the bright sunlight for a few days and kill the fungus but you might still have image loss.
 

Peninsula

Yes seen the sunlight thing too. With various reports of success or otherwise but its worth a go. It being January and London I might have to wait a while for full-on sunlight! Cheers for the tip. Plus I have a few silica gel sachets which I will keep in with it for time being. Looks like it was stored somewhere damp, as there is green corrosion on the DOF button. Unfortunate.

In other news I got the T20 working, but only on the less than pristine body which I don't intend to keep, not on my preferred body. Gonna have to look into what has gone wrong with the shoe, and if I can repair. Hmmm.
 

PeteD

A near mint black OM1n with Tamron 35 - 70 zoom to add to the collection.

Pete
 
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