Square Caledon V
Winter is coming to an end soon.
Camera: Mamiya C220f, Sekor 65 f3.5 lens, Sekor 135 f4.5 lens.
Film: Kodak Tri-X400, HC110 B. Bottom three images, Ilford FP4, Xtol 1+1.
Another Camera from the 1980s, Musings on the Olympus OM-2n.
Well ok, the first half of the 1980s.
The Olympus OM-2n is one of my workhorse cameras, they have been around city enivironments and on hikes along the Bruce Trail and up in the Northern Muskokas, and they haven't failed me yet.
As I wrote in an article on the Film Shooters Collective a few years ago:
The single digit OM series were the Saab 900 of 35mm SLRs with their different ergonomics compared to Nikon, Canon, Pentax and other SLR manufacturers. The bodies were well engineered and, while the majority of photojournalists shied away from the OM-system, the scientific community and adventurer/explorer/wildlife photographer market loved them. If weight was a factor for you the OM system won hands down when compared to a Nikon F2A or Canon F-1N with lenses. The really big draw with Olympus was their Zuiko optics, just as it is today with their mirrorless digital bodies.
A quick history lesson Olympus put a shot across the collective bow of the camera industry by releasing the OM…
The Olympus OM-2n is one of my workhorse cameras, they have been around city enivironments and on hikes along the Bruce Trail and up in the Northern Muskokas, and they haven't failed me yet.
As I wrote in an article on the Film Shooters Collective a few years ago:
The single digit OM series were the Saab 900 of 35mm SLRs with their different ergonomics compared to Nikon, Canon, Pentax and other SLR manufacturers. The bodies were well engineered and, while the majority of photojournalists shied away from the OM-system, the scientific community and adventurer/explorer/wildlife photographer market loved them. If weight was a factor for you the OM system won hands down when compared to a Nikon F2A or Canon F-1N with lenses. The really big draw with Olympus was their Zuiko optics, just as it is today with their mirrorless digital bodies.
A quick history lesson Olympus put a shot across the collective bow of the camera industry by releasing the OM…
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