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Subject: [OM] Hello fellow zuiko or Olympus fans
From: swisspace <swisspace@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:31:30 +0200
Hi,

I have finally found my way here after posting on Photo.net quite a 
while ago. Been watching the list for a while and you all seem nice 
folks, so finally plucked up the courage to post.

I have to confess to being a true zuikoholic or rather olympusolic. I 
bought my first camera a black om10 with databack when I was 19 ish and 
about 5 years later bought a second hand om2 spot, which failed in the 
freezing cold of quebec, sent it for repair and never saw it again. 
Around the same time I bought a new om10 from catalogue surplus place.

I then spent 10 years working with no play and managed to get to a 
position to be able buy a new OM body ( I am an Amateur user), so I 
choose the OM3Ti because of the failure of the OM2 in the cold and I 
also wanted the Flash sync at all speeds.

other purchases to note are I used my bonus last year to purchase a new 
180f2 from Germany, which had to go back to the factory for a warranty 
because the focusing action was not right. The "lens" will be one of the 
things that my wife will bring up whenever she feels necessary, she 
wanted to spend the money on the roof :-) .

okay now to the reason of posting, I have been taking some close up 
"macro" shots with just the 180f2 and 1.4x converter and I can see the 
lens settling from the mirror vibration, so I have been experimenting, 
such as using fill in flash to freeze it etc. The tripod is a cheap one 
so it is mostly to blame, but should I buy an expensive tripod or 
another OM body which has mirror lock up (self timer would be usefull as 
well) and if so which body would you recommend - I have been looking at 
OM4's on thingybay but reading various lists, this seems the most fault 
prone of the bodies, so maybe I should wait until I can afford a second 
hand Ti version.

OR any recommendations for a decent tripod and what sort of price range 
covers decent eg do I need to pay 2-300 dollars for a ball head, etc.

Thanks in advance
Ian
A brit living in Switzerland



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