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Re: [OM] New List member and lateat Zuiko-holic

Subject: Re: [OM] New List member and lateat Zuiko-holic
From: "Craig Henrikson" <chenriks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:25:38 -0400
You must understand that you are DOOMED!!!  Just ask any of the Mike V's on 
this group!!  BTW -- Welcome!

Craig

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Virsinger 
  To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 11:06 PM
  Subject: [OM] New List member and lateat Zuiko-holic


  Greetings all!

  Last month picked up a used OM1N to use for astrophotography after reading 
Michael Covington's excellent book. I have never used a manual SLR before and 
only understood the basics from what I have read.

  The camera I bought (eBay  - $ 200) was black and in MINT condition. It 
looked brand new. I immediately fell in love with this fine piece of equipment 
and started taking regular pictures with it. I suddenly realized that I would 
need more then the 50mm f1.4 lens and started doing some research. I picked up 
a new 28mm f2.8 ($79) and a new 75-150mm f4 zoom ($140) and have been snapping 
away ever since. From what I have been reading, new lenses are hard to come by 
and the prices are ok. I now understand why the OM fans love this camera so 
much. The lenses are very sharp and my shots came out ok given they were my 
first few rolls.

  My wife is a dyed-in-the-wool Nikon user and is baffled by the unusual 
placement of some of the controls. To me they are perfectly normal, never 
having used anything else. More than once I caught her eyeing my OM gear.

  Needless to say I'm hooked. I just wanted to say hello to the group and beg 
someone to talk me down before I go out with the credit card and come home with 
an OM4Ti and the 90mm f2 macro.... (What is it with this gear?)

  Cheers!

  Mike V.
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