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Re: [OM] Regression moments - OM-2S

Subject: Re: [OM] Regression moments - OM-2S
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:49:51 -0400
I've regressed even farther... my 'new' OM-1n is back from Father John's
chapel.

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Two evenings ago, I went for a hike at a forest (a collection of five or
> more trees within a square mile) on the way home from work. I hike out
> there
> periodically, and our last Iowa Zuikofest featured it on stop #3.
>
> Well, in my nicely efficient LowePro Elite III, I had the OM-3Ti loaded
> with
> B&W film, and a handful of lenses. The OM-2S, on the other hand, was
> screwed
> onto the top of my monopod and had the 100 F2.8 lens mounted and a roll of
> color film inside. This is a very sweet, highly portable configuration.
>
> Anyway, I shot about a half-roll of film on my walkabout, but admired the
> smoothness and simplicity of operation of the OM-2S. For as much as I
> really, really like the OM-3Ti and OM-4T, the OM-2S is "home sweet home." A
> camera of pure handling genius. No spot buttons, no memory clears, no
> exposure data at the the harder-to-see bottom of the viewfinder--just a
> wonderful mating of technology and purity in a camera that is the
> poster-child of a camera that doesn't get in your way. It may be because of
> the extremely high mileage of mine, but the film advance is so smooth,
> quiet
> and perfect--even the throw distance is just right.
>
> There are simpler cameras and there are more capable cameras, but when it
> comes to a camera that is no more than a single press of a button away from
> getting a picture, the OM-2S lets you watch your subject and lets you fully
> operate the camera without looking at it.  Manual mode? Just slide the
> switch to the back position, Auto exposure?  Just slide it to the middle
> position. Program mode? Just slide it forward.  Adjust exposure
> compensation?  One finger with one hand. Almost all of my lenses are F2.8
> lenses, so to get to any particular aperture you just count clicks. Without
> even looking you can wind the aperture ring to F2.8 and click it back to
> your selected aperture. F8? Three clicks clockwise. In manual mode you want
> to exposure shift? Just rotate both rings the same direction.
>
> Now granted, the last couple items are OM-system wide, but it's that kind
> of
> forethought that makes the OM-2S so special and unique. The 3-4-3Ti-4Ti
> bodies all have a different operational bend than the OM-2 series. The
> OM-2S
> is the perfect successor to the OM-2n.
>
> Anyway, it's like an old shoe or an old friend. A classic in any era. It's
> home.
>
> It ain't no OM-3Ti, but the OM-3Ti ain't no OM-2S either.
>
> AG
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