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Re: [OM] The Olympus brand & 35 mm equivalency issue...

Subject: Re: [OM] The Olympus brand & 35 mm equivalency issue...
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:26:49 -0400
Alpas! Now there was a jewel of a camera - even if a very oddly designed
jewel. And I do indeed remember that Takumar as a fine lens. Those old
meterless Pentax SLR's were great cameras indeed.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:12 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] The Olympus brand & 35 mm equivalency issue...


You left out Exaktas and Alpas.  They too were big, and while the 
former was good, even groundbreaking in its time, the latter was a 
lovely thing, even if the film advance was bass akwards.  Would 
that I could get my hands on an Alpa outfit today for less than a 
king's ransom!

And now for a bit of heresy:  I say the old Takumar 50/1.8 is 
better than the Zuiko 50/1.8.  So there.  

Walt, who has (and loves) 22 Zuikos but only one Takumar.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:57:05 -0400

>Certainly there may have been exceptions, Walt. But that Pentax
>was an aberration - look at the Nikons, Pentaxes, Mirandas, 
>Minoltas, etc., that came out post-1960 and pre-OM1. And compare 
>the lenses for those cameras with the compact Zuikos. But when 
>the OM hit the market, the real shrinkage began.
>
>B. D.
>
 


 
                   

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