Oly 35SP for OM shooter

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Things sometimes interconnected in this world - and strangely enough. Oly 35SP for sale had showed up in classified ad on local internet site - just when Trius was writing his "Try a 35SP. Major GAS induction" in "O.T. Why do you love your Oly" thread. And before I have never seen Oly 35 RFs here on sale. So folks help me to withstand this GAS attack (really, don't) - show me your best pictures with yours Oly 35SP. Is it really that good? Will OM1 shooter be at home with its ergonomics? How that lens on 35SP compares to OM 50mm with regard to sharpness? And finally those that happen to own both OM1 and 35SP - do you use both equally or favour one of them while other is sitting in the shelf?
 
Igor,

I just shoot my first film with Oly SP, same scans from Superia 800(scans were made in local lab) are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/zuikomatt/Family/photo#5010748326747555426

http://picasaweb.google.com/zuikomatt/Bratislava

I am not shure, which time and F I used, just know, the night photos were full open and handheld.

To your questions: ergonomics is good, body feels good in my hands.
What I'm missing, when comparing with OM system, is DOF scale on the lens.

Anyway, it's very nice camera, worth subject of GAS attack🙂

This is all I cann say from my short experience.
 
Igor: Some of my 35SP shots are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/97373293@N00/sets/1406642/

Shot under a variety of conditions, exposure information not recorded, etc. Some are even with a close-up lens attached and focus is by measuring the distance from the film plane to the subject.

Rich Silfver has several SPs, including a couple of black beauties, so you might want to see not only his gallery, but also his blog for September 2006; scroll down to the entry "Sunday, September 17, 2006
Shooting with the Olympus 35SPn".

The lens is excellent, and for me the camera is extremely comfortable in the hand. You may find the EV metering system to be non-intuitive at first.

The viewfinder is superb! I am not going to try and compare it to every other RF in the world, but let me just say that while grainhound's M2 is the best viewfinder I have ever seen, going back to the 35SP is not a huge letdown. The 35SP is a joy to use, and if I could only keep one fixed RF, it would be this one. The only major improvement would be an f1.4 lens, but then it might not balance the same. (That said, the OM 50/1.4 is fairly small, with 49mm filter thread. Hmmmm.)

I also like the 42mm field of view as opposed to 50mm. I am a wide guy, and 42 is about perfect compromise between 35 and 50.

I will not, however, try to put out your GAS. 😀
 
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ev metering system - I got used to meter with LunaPro, so it's not a problem. I need in-camera meter to go down at least to 5ev - this is my usual (1/30s, f2)@400iso for poorly lit room. 2ev would be even better for those situations where we benefit from 3200iso b&w films.
 
I have to agree to the others! the camera is worth every cent!

after a heavy GAS attack I bought a Canonet G3 QL17, an Olympus 35 SP, an Olympus XA and a Yashica Electro 35 GSN, but the only camera I'm using at the moment is the Olympus 35 SP.

shots I made with the Olympus 35 SP are on my Monochrome Pictures website. further shots will follow when I have scanned the five rolls of Fuji Neopan 400 CN I have put through the Olympus the last weeks. 😀

~HD
 
I had one and they are great. Solid build, tack sharp lens & fast, nice Bokeh, good ergonomics. My SP had a spot meter button too, not sure if they all have one though.
 
They all (SP, SPn & UC) have the spot meter. I use the spot meter 80-90% of the time. The one thing I would change is the ASA range. I'd love to have the meter go to 3200.
 
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Although my XA occupies a semi-permanent spot in my jeans pocket, it is the 35 SPn that I bring to special occasions like Christmas celebration at the church.

The EV metering is so intuitive, I usually just set the shutter/aperture combination to 7 (with aperture between 2.8 and 1.7) and leave it there for indoor b/w portraiture and candid in a well-lit area (some examples here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastaka/sets/72157594361144572/)

... and finally I got to take another pic of the camera itself, just rummaged through my tower of filters and got a Y2K for my OM camera, which fits perfectly on the G.Zuiko 🙂
 

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Russ: Those are really fine; I especially like the park bench and the Simmons factory shots.

Shadow: Sweet! I like the repetition of the yellow in the cola. It is nice to be able to share filters with the OM.
 
Trius: thanks! I almost finish the bw roll with the yellow filter on, it'd be interesting what the outcome will look like 🙂

Joe: Knowing what I know now as far as the capability of the camera, I'd pay the typical price for a good 35 SP👎 on eBoy which is between $75-175.
 
wow! I didn't suspect there were so many Oly 35SP rf shooters here - OMs used to get more publicity on rff. Now I am GASified and just as back alley want 35SP now.
 
i have a 35rc that has not seen much use lately. i had it cla'd awhile back and it was running great though.
i may put a strap on it and take it for spin soon.

and if anyone sees or has a nice user sp please let me know.

joe
 
Hm... I've used an SP but couldn't get pictures as sharp as what I see here, in fact
I had the feeling they were inferior to pictures taken by an ECR, which is the camera which got me on the RF track, by the way. Looking at the pictures above it's perhaps just this one camera - or me. I'll have to give it another go.. I really like the 42mm as a standard lens.
 
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