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Re: [OM] purchasing dilemna

Subject: Re: [OM] purchasing dilemna
From: "Wayne Harrison" <wayno@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:54:50 -0400
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From: Bau Struye <Bau.Struye@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, July 01, 1999 7:03 PM
Subject: [OM] purchasing dilemna


>Hello on the Olympus list.
>
>I have been using Olympus equipment since the mid 70s and went through an
OM-1,
>a couple of OM-2s, OM-4, XAs etc...  But like many others when the darn
kids
>decided to start appearing, I had to sell all these prized possessions
because
>of the usual time, space and money considerations.  So for the last eight
or
>nine years I have had to rely on a variety of Olympus point and shoots
which I
>have been only mildly satisfied with (reliability of those things has been
>spotty at best, unlike the dependable OM stuff).
>
>But I am now at a point where I just can't stand the auto-everything
anymore
>and I need to get back into more controllable equipment.  Having been out
of
>the loop for a while, I would love to get some of your opinions (or
pointers to
>messages to deal with the same).   Here are my guiding parameters:
>
>1.  Money:  Max $400 all included.
>2.  Would prefer to buy new (mail order) because, given the reliability
>problems, I want to get the Olympus extended warranty.
>3.  Would prefer to have as few separate parts as possible.  Separate body,
>flash, lens and winder don't mix well with 3 small children, unfortunately.
>4.  I need it to have at least a small flash, a winder and lenses to cover
from
>28 or 35 to at least 110mm.
>5.  I want to be able to add a polarizing filter.
>6.  I would like to have available auto exposure
>
>My choices seem to be:
>A. Used OM2-S with some lenses and winder and flash (Great but would be
hard to
>meet 1, 2 and 3)
>
>B. New OM-2000 with some used lenses + winder + flash (Hard to meet 3 and
6)
>
>C. IS-3  (Is the power focus really a manual focus only power driven?  How
>reliable is it?  Can you add a polarizing filter?)
>
>D. IS-10  (Can it or the 20 or the 30 be set to manual focus?  If not, then
I
>don't want them.  If yes, what is the difference between the three?  How
>reliable are they?  Can you add a polarizing filter?)
>
>Any thoughts/comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Bau Struye

    bau:  i own an om1, om10, om2000, and an om4ti.  if i were dealing with
your budgetary limitations, i would go with an om 2000 body (can't beat that
spot meter feature) and put every other dime into the best quality zuikos i
could find.  a 24, a 50, to begin with.

awh
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