Is this bonkers? EOS 3 for OM2?

[Uncle Bill]

I picked up an OM-2n last Summer for peanuts and I have yet to get a bad photo out it.

I would suggest the following Zuiko lenses, 28 f2.8, 50 f1.4, 100 f2.8 and maybe the 75-150 F4 and you are basically set.

I started off seriously with photography with Canon Rebel G ten years ago, it has been sitting since 2003. Enough said.

 

[kuvvy]

While I've used EOS cameras in the past and there's no doubting they are good, they're like many of the others available, bulky and heavy. The OM's are an excelllent choice providing you don't need all the bells and whistles an EOS offers. While my own SLR is a digital one, a D80 I find that big and bulky too. It also gives me great shots but I don't utilise a fraction of all the options it offers. I go out, shoot in Av and that's it. It's like my computer, in that I can't be bothered with all the menus and options and that's why my D80 is as new looking as when I bought it, it's barely been used. I prefer to keep it simple, so that's why my D80 and my last lens, a Sigma 30mm is gonna be going up for sale soon.
There's a good choice of OM lenses out there at affordable prices.
The thing I like most about the OM is the big viewfinder. With most cameras you are just peering through a hole, with the OM it's almost like your inside teh camera looking out.

 

[Spoks]

... the EOS3 was regarded as having the largest and brightest viewfinder in the business....

Trading a EOS3 to a OM2 is like trading four Euros to dollar.

Crazy!

 

[Lilserenity]

Just to clear up I'm not trading.

I would be selling the EOS 3 + 70-200mm seperately so I would stand to make something of a profit.

I agree, swapping an EOS 3 for an OM would be a bit nuts.

Also this isn't so much about the EOS 3 being a great camera, I know it is, it's fantastic. It's just too big!

I think maybe what I need to do is buy an OM-2, get a feel for it and if it works for me, then start seriously considering whether I need both. I can pick up an OM-2 with 50mm f/1.8 for about £40.

Some excellent food for thought here.

I definitely need to think this though!

 

[ferider]

I don't think you are crazy trading. I do recommend to look at the OM4 though, too (not TI). Not much more expensive, nice brass body, and better meter and shutter capabilities.

Cheers,

Roland.

 

[Peter_Jones]

I think maybe what I need to do is buy an OM-2, get a feel for it and if it works for me, then start seriously considering whether I need both. I can pick up an OM-2 with 50mm f/1.8 for about £40.

Go for it - you can always flog it if you don't like it.

 

[hks3sgte]

Keep the 3 and buy an OM2n. They're cheap enough so that you can keep both.

 

[John Bragg]

Dont rule out the OM1n. Simple non battery dependent SLR and a perfect companion to the M2.

 

[Trius]

... the EOS3 was regarded as having the largest and brightest viewfinder in the business....

Trading a EOS3 to a OM2 is like trading four Euros to dollar.

Crazy!

Please read her opening post and the last one just up stream. You seem to ignore her objectives, plus you seem to judge cameras solely by feature set. If that made any sense no one would own an M3. They would all own an M8 or DSLR.

Have you ever shot with an OM? If you have and don't care for it, just say so.

 

[Quinn Porter]

Perhaps the more important question is do you want to trade your 70-200mm f/4 for the lenses available to the OM. There are some very nice primes available, but you will not find a zoom with the quality of the Canon.

 

[Lilserenity]

Quinn, I think you've hit the nail on the head there as that was my biggest 'issue' as the 70-200mm f/4 is a very fine lens. No it's not that even bigger and heavier f/2.8 version, or the bigger heavier IS variety but it is a fantastic lens. I don't use it much but when I do, the results are just fantastic.

Which is why I'm going to keep the EOS 3.

And get an OM2/n in a week or so. I'm sure the EOS 3 will mostly sit about now not getting much use whilst my M2 is whisked around with me everywhere! I have the start of a very big project coming up and I'm keen to travel light so I hope to be in action with the M2 and OM2👎 by then, potentially with only a 50mm lens and a 135mm but it's a start!

Thanks again for all the great and thought provoking advice,

Vicky

 

[funkpilz]

I have an OM-2 and I love it to pieces. What I don't like about it is the (relatively) dim viewfinder and the fact it does not have a spotmeter. Since you mentioned shooting low light, this might be a problem for you. But other than that, it's an awesome camera with a very nice (albeit slightly expensive) lens lineup.