Nice one Frank!

[Keith]

I just received an OM-4 in the mail from our own FrankS in Canada and this morning was the first chance I've had to take it out of the box and have a looksee and a play with it!

Usual thing with a new camera ... the first thing you want to do is hear the shutter and feel the action of the release. Switched it to manual and ran through a few shutter speeds and after about ten or so what I thought were dry firings I noticed the rewind crank was turning ... "oh sh!t, there's film in it!"

I remember when I got my Bronica RF645 from Frank he did the same thing ... he put a roll of HP5 in it for me. I think this is a very nice thing to do when you sell someone a camera ... it adds that little bit of extra something with your purchase ... pity I didn't notice it this time though! 😛

 

[FrankS]

You're welcome, Keith! Hope the OM4 has what you're looking for in a camera.
For myself, I've decided to stick with Nikon as my main 35mm SLR system. I'll still keep a few OM1's and 2's, as I have a couple of cameras from Canon, Minolta, Pentax, and Contax in my collection.

 

[Trius]

Frank, did that OM pass through my hands? I've lost count ... 😀

 

[FrankS]

Not this one, Earl. This one was a local Craigslist purchase a few months back.

 

[Pherdinand]

so, lots of unfocused shots of your shoelace? or is that hiding behind a belly? 😀

 

[Keith]

I have to say it's rather nice ... no OM-1 of course but very nice just the same and the available exposure control is amazing! 😱

😀

 

[dave lackey]

I just received an OM-4 in the mail from our own FrankS in Canada and this morning was the first chance I've had to take it out of the box and have a looksee and a play with it!

Usual thing with a new camera ... the first thing you want to do is hear the shutter and feel the action of the release. Switched it to manual and ran through a few shutter speeds and after about ten or so what I thought were dry firings I noticed the rewind crank was turning ... "oh sh!t, there's film in it!"

I remember when I got my Bronica RF645 from Frank he did the same thing ... he put a roll of HP5 in it for me. I think this is a very nice thing to do when you sell someone a camera ... it adds that little bit of extra something with your purchase ... pity I didn't notice it this time though! 😛

Photos or it didn't happen...😛

 

[back alley]

that frank is a class act!

 

[FrankS]

I think I did, though not on purpose.

The F6 for work, the OM4 for pleasure.

 

[Keith]

Keith-- An OM-4 and a F6 in the same week? 😱

--Steve (who has just dusted-off & rebatteried a pair of OM2n's to use a pair of newly acquired OM Zuikos....)

😱😱😱

I managed to go all this year without buying a thing ... in fact I sold a heap to rationalise, keep eating and paying rent etc so I don't feel quite so bad about buying two cameras in a couple of weeks and the F6 has been a holy SLR grail for me for some time. As has the OM-4 in a lot of ways!

Frank got it right ... Nikons for work, OMs for pleasure. 🙂

 

[maddoc]

Frank got it right ... Nikons for work, OMs for pleasure. 🙂

Nice one !! 🙂

I remember the M5 that went from Keith to Frank to me and then to aNother memBer ... 😉

 

[FrankS]

We are all inter-connected. 🙂

 

[nikon_sam]

I have Nikons that I use mostly for working...but I also have a few that are for pleasure...

One of the first things I look for in a camera is if there's film in it...I'll spin the rewind knob, check for tension, then pop the back open...