Sorry to say this (again), on the Oly list, but the old 5D, with a manual
focus screen, any of a range of real manual focus lenses from Cosina and
Zeiss, only has to be set up once to work the way you want. After that it's
your camera. OK, you will have to set aperture and shutter speed with
wheels, but it will work the way you want, until you choose to go back into
those menus to change something other than ISO, white balance, drive,
exposure measuring or compensation. I just sold mine to my Dad, a long time
OM user, for £500. He is delighted and hasn't put it down.
Tom
PS as for the many Oly digital offerings, they can do many things, and they
impress me in many ways, but if you want what I do, and what Simon seems to
be describing below, then you need to try a 5D. I fought it for four years
before I eventually did it myself.
On 9 June 2010 09:21, Simon Worby <> wrote:
> After some considerable time of barely taking any photos (my wife has an
> Oly SP-590UZ digital she makes good use of) I took my 3Ti on holiday to
> Devon last week and used up a few rolls of old film. I just took the
> camera and 3 primes: 24f2, 40f2 and 85f2. It was good, and I enjoyed it.
>
>
>
> I've now got to send off the films for process and mount, and then scan,
> which is a hassle, and a not inconsiderable expense.
>
>
>
> I don't seem to get on with digital cameras at all. I want to set the
> shutter speed, the aperture, and most importantly I want to focus
> myself, it's just the way I am! And I need a camera that is *designed*
> to do these things, not one where you have to access the functionality
> through a menu. It's got to be as easy to use as an OM, basically.
>
>
>
> Does such a digital camera exist? Is it affordable?
>
>
>
> Or do I have to stick with my OMs and suffer the inconvenience and cost
> of getting films developed and then the hassle of scanning in my
> favourites?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Simon Worby
>
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