OM, I've become a Zuikoholic!

I am also a big OM fan. Most of the time I am shooting with OM2 and in the bag are 28/35/50/135/35-70 f3.6
Wonderful camera and lenses are great in size and quality. Here are few random OM photos:

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Right, that's me sorted. I now have my lightweight 35mm travel kit sorted:

- OM2n (chrome)
- 24mm/f2.8 (later model)
- 50mm/f1.4 (later model)
- 100mm/f2.8 (silver nose)

I've also got a beat-up old 50mm f1.8 and a mint 28-48mm f4, neither of which I'll ever use them again, so these are now destined for trade. I might look for a second (black this time) OM2n so I can have a lens on each and restrict the need to be swapping lenses. Great when the kit is so compact and light.
 
I've just acquired an OM2SP as a seconf OM body - so I don't have to keep swapping lenses. I've owned OM bodies down the years but not an OM2SP. Having read the manual, using the spot facility involves:

1. setting the level to manual / spot
2. getting the subject inside the centre spot microprism
3. set the aperture so it sits on the fixed point on the bar graph
4. focus / re-compiose and shoot.

Seems simple. Have I missed something?
 
That's about it, except that the camera metering is calibrated for an average scene or, being technical about it, an 18% reflectivity grey card. So the subject you meter off should be similarly average e.g. the ground. Spot metering really enables you to avoid bright things (like lights or white clouds) causing underexposure but you still have to select the 'right' part of the scene for the spot meter to measure.
 
Shab,

The images you produced with the 28mm 2.0 look very good. Is the vignetting due to a lens hood? I've got the 2.8 version and am thinking about the 2.0 for that little extra speed.

Steve
 
Thank you very much Steve and David, really.

The 28mm 2.0 is a "big" lens if I compare it with the 24mm 2.8, for example, but I like it a lot.

It has some vignetting, yes and with the 5D at 2.0 you can see it but I have emphasized it in PS (a bit). I was looking this atmosphere in the photo.

Also I like a lot how it works for portraits... I will try to post some examples in the next days.

Have a nice day!
 
Paul Jenkin said:
I've just acquired an OM2SP as a seconf OM body - so I don't have to keep swapping lenses. I've owned OM bodies down the years but not an OM2SP. Having read the manual, using the spot facility involves:

1. setting the level to manual / spot
2. getting the subject inside the centre spot microprism
3. set the aperture so it sits on the fixed point on the bar graph
4. focus / re-compiose and shoot.

Seems simple. Have I missed something?
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No, you haven't. But, watch for batteries. LR44 will last just a couple of months. SR44 will last some more.
 
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