Re: [OM] E-1 first impressions

[Winsor Crosby]

On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 08:44  AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
> Also...A bit of a reality check here...Historically, when the OM-1 first
> came out allot of pros were excited...BUT...one of the wire services, I
> believe it was UPI, adopted the system, and it simply could not hold up
> to the kind of beating and abuse those folks give their gear - while the
> Nikon f and f2 - at that time - could. The damn cameras fell apart. I've
> heard something very similar today from one of the world's outstanding
> documentary photographers, who uses an OM3 and 20 f2 - and Canon F-1
> with longer lenses. He LOVES the 20 f2, but complains that he beats the
> bodies to death.

Galen Rowell said something similar one time about Olympus when he was asked about cameras. I have seen a couple of pro outfit trade-ins and cannot imagine how they did that to their stuff. It was trashed. I don't think it is true with digital or modern lenses from what I have read on some forums with customers being charged exorbitant repair fees on lenses and cameras damaged by "customer abuse" without a mark on the outside. Outside is strong, but the inside easily scrambled. Nikon and Canon included.

Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA