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Subject: Re: [OM] In Defence of OM1 (was "25 Best Cameras"/"Spotmatics & Olys"/et al)
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 09:29:20 +1100
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>>And note that even the bayonet K1000
>> (a good camera, don't get me wrong) has been relegated to "student"
>> status.  While OM-1's are still coveted professionally world-wide.
>> Just my opinion, after all....
>C

Here (Oz) schools and colleges use and recommend K1000's to the point where
a clean Japanese example (rather than a later Chinese unit) commands more
than a clean OM1 or 2 - and about the same as a 1n/2n/2S. (AU$300-350 in a
dealer's window) Reason - reliable, near indestructible and lots of cheap
lenses available.
"Student" status is not a relegation, it is an accolade. I checked out the
12 we have at my school, 5 of them Chinese, as a favour to the teacher
(artist, not mechanic)  and they bore the scars of war - dropped, bashed,
treated with utter disdain. I dead meter, 1 stuck frame counter, 1 stiff
diaphragm ring. Remarkable.
The moral of this is -
a) K1000's are as tough as nails;
b) Schools are extreme environments;
c) Students don't deserve Oly's.

Andrew



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