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Re: [OM] One Roll, One Lens, One Hour

Subject: Re: [OM] One Roll, One Lens, One Hour
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:43:28 -0400
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] One Roll, One Lens, One Hour


> Great shots. I agree about the OM-3Ti being a great street photography
> camera. I don't have one, but I have two OM-4T bodies, and my girlfriend 
> has
> one of them too. We've done  lot of great street photography with them. I
> think they're very fast to operate, focus, set exposure, etc. compared to
> most SLRs and to me they're as good as a Leica at 1/4 the price.

................ but you've got to have one to make the comparison. I test 
drove an R6-2 against an OM4T and in the SLR league, $ for $, the 4T made 
the cut. BUT, an M rangefinder is the ULTIMATE  street shooting machine !

jh]

>
> I'm curious though...why the 50 macro? I haven't used the 3.5 macro, but I
> have the 50/2 macro and I have tried it for street, and didn't like it. 
> Too
> hard to focus. I usually use my 40/2 for street, but I have done a lot 
> with
> my 35/2 or my 50/1.4 as well.
>
> Here's some of my favorite OM-4T street shots:
>
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/antiwar/photopages/peac
> e3.htm
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/antiwar/photopages/jugg
> ler2.htm
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/antiwar/photopages/anni
> versary4.htm
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/santafe-snapshots/photo
> pages/plaza-7-14-06-num3.htm
>
> All done with the 35mm f2 Zuiko.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
> Photography & Graphic Design
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>
> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>
> http://www.plumpatrin.com  Something the world NEEDS.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/29/08 7:48 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I posted a mini photo project on the www.zone-10.com website. Yes, this 
>> is a
>> shameless plug alert...
>>
>> This photo project was to load one roll of Fuji Superia 100 color print 
>> film
>> in the OM-3Tiwith a 50mm lens and restrict myself to one hour in downtown
>> Grinnell, Iowa. The roll is being presented in its entirety, warts and 
>> all.
>> No editing, cropping or parsing the outtakes. Images are presented in the
>> order they were taken.
>>
>> On a side-note, the OM-3Ti with that little grippy thingy is one really
>> sweet street-photography machine.  I had the camera strap kinda wrapped
>> around my wrist and the camera never left my hand. It is such a
>> "low-profile" camera and people were not turned off by it in the least.
>> When shooting with the E-1, battery grip and 14-54 lens, there is nothing
>> subtle about you or your presence.  People see the camera a block off and
>> run.  But the OM body and single lens was just the right size to be
>> non-threatening.
>>
>> Technical details:  OM-3Ti, Zuiko 50 f3.5 Macro, Fujifilm Superia 100,
>> processed in one hour at Walgreens.  Resized, rotated and sharpened in
>> Photoshop Elements, border and copyright added in Irfanview.
>>
>> Do not adjust your monitors, her hair really is pink.
>>
>> AG
>
>
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