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Olympus OM-1n and Riverdale.

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 I didn't intend to add another OM-1 to my Olympus collection, sometimes I wonder if I'm running a camera rescue with this particular camera. Dave Smith, the former Darkroom Chair at the Toronto Club runs the Used Camera Donations and Sales committee emailed me. Ariel the current darkroom chair had an emergancy and couldn't volunteer during the club open house with used camera sales. I volunteered Sunday and joined the Used Camera Committee by accident, a happy one.  Scanning the spreadsheets I noticed an Olympus OM-1n kit, of course, I had to look. I found a pristine black OM-1n bundled with a Zuiko 75-150 F4 Zoom Lens. I was torn, the price was too good to say no. A few days later I loaded up with a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400, and considering how the morning turned out, should have gone with Ilford FP4 or Fomapan 100. Hindsight is 20/20. That said, the camera sang no mechanical issues and the meter was sort of accurate, I had an MR9 adapter and the meter dialled in.  A ple...

A Trip Though Oakville

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May during the first half was more like mid to late April, grey and damp. Luckily during my visit west to Oakville was part of a trip to Burlington Camera and then a trip back to Oakville to meet with my friend Dana for lunch at the King's Arms.  I chose one of my Nikon FE's and Kodak Tri-X 400 for film, a sort of mom and apple pie combo. Ilford HP5 seems finer grained but Tri-X there's a bit more of a bite. The FE was Nikon's answer to the Olympus OM-2 and two provided both manual control and aperture priority in a smaller lighter package. The controls on the FE are very instinctual to use and gladly recommend this camera to those dipping their two into the analogue world.  Camera: Nikon FE, Nikkor Ai lenses.  Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31.