Hi guys;
Nice analyses, Gary. Tough decision, John. My take? The only way I'm out
of Olympus is if all of my equipment is stolen or destroyed. The
equipment I've got can do anything except follow-focus an Indy car
coming straight at me. Oh, and controllable fill-flash. So, if all my
Oly equipment was gone, I'd have to think, do I need all the whiz-bang
autofocus, 9-mode, eye-controlled features provided by the wonder
bricks? The answer would be no. Would I want controllable fill-flash
ala Nikon SB-28 etc. Well, yeah, that would be very nice to have. Would
that alone pull me from elegant Olympus? I don't know.
As for the 3-lens 1-body system? Boy that's tough. But for my overall
use, I'd choose a lightweight wooden field camera with 75, 150 and 300mm
lenses. (As long as I could also have a Stylus in my pocket. :>)
George
Gary Schloss wrote:
>
> John Gardner wrote:
>
> >while walking through a Polish forest, my OM4Ti, MD2 and 50/3.5 macro
> >were thrown from my shoulder and hurtled into the swamp. OM4 is dead :(
> >
> >It is insured so I will be offered a brand new OM4Ti. My big dilema
> >is whether to stick with Oly or not. [...] My head says to bail out,
> >but my heart says otherwise. Why oh why are we so loyal?
>
> Well, I must admit that the thought had crossed my mind too, and since
> I have access to quite a bit of competing equipment (mostly 35mm), the
> switch would be relatively easy.
>
> However, I really _do_ love my OM-4, and so I'll have to keep it. Same
> goes for my OM-2n, which was my first ever SLR, and so I'm gonna have
> to hang on to it as a sentimental favorite. The OM-1n is a true classic,
> and is also the perfect backup -- at a modest cost, so I guess I'll keep
> it too.
>
> Then, there is my non-MD OM-1, which one day may be kissed by a princess
> (well, actually by a forgerer :-)), and become the ultra-collectible M-1.
> And it is certainly unwise to get rid of my truly mint OM-2S, which is
> one of the lowest production OM bodies. Same is true about the OM-F (I
> mean, low production). Besides, my OM-F only works in manual mode
> anyway, so who would buy it from me? I guess I'm stuck with that one.
>
> Now, what about my _very_ clean OM-1n and OM-2n "black bodies"? With
> time, won't they become far more valuable? And if I'm gonna keep all
> these different bodies, what sense does it make to get rid of my fine
> Zuikos?
>
> See? The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that switching
> wholesale to a different system is a bad, bad idea... oops, the phone
> rings. What?! Someone's dumping his/her primo OM gear at rockbottom
> prices?? Who?? Where??? Oops, sooo sorry, I must run. Ta ta, guys.
> :-) :-)
>
> Zuikoholically,
>
> /Gary Schloss.
> Studio City, CA
> schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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