Olympus OM-1n and Riverdale.

 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 pleasant surprise was the 75-150 F4 Zuiko Zoom Lens, it performed well delivering selective landscapes, specifically the Toronto skyline from both Riverdale and Withrow Parks and the pedestrian bridge at Pape for crossing the train tracks. I shot stopped down around F11. I think this lens got a bad rap when it was originally reviewed in the 1970s. 

Camera: Olympus OM-1n, Zuiko MC 50 F1.8 lens, Zuiko 75-150 F4 Zoom Lens. 

Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31.