OM, I've become a Zuikoholic!

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Zuiko 35-70 f3.6

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skopar steve said:
Fraser, Looks like that roll of the dice payed off! Nice looking OM 4.
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Cheers,
Just had to take the top plate off to tighten the hotshoe unlike the canons they are screwed from the inside. It amazes me how much electronics there are in these cameras and how any of them are still working!!!
 
Hello All. Looking for a bit of advice. I'm about to take the OM plunge and I'm deciding between an OM-2n, 2-sp, or a 4Ti. The spot meter in the sp and Ti are nice, but not must haves. Nor is the flash sync ability. Thoughts? Many thanks.
 
both OM-2n or a 4Ti are great, but OM-2n will need mercury batteries (not available nowadays), so you will need to go the Weiss batteries way or get a OM-2n modified for alkaline batteries (alkaline batteries doesnt give a consistent reading), so I would suggest the 4Ti.


Good luck with either choice :)
 
mpaniagua said:
both OM-2n or a 4Ti are great, but OM-2n will need mercury batteries (not available nowadays), so you will need to go the Weiss batteries way or get a OM-2n modified for alkaline batteries (alkaline batteries doesnt give a consistent reading), so I would suggest the 4Ti. Good luck with either choice :)
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No, the OM-2 models use MS-76 (SR44) silver oxide batteries. Easily available and cheap, as do OM-3, OM-4, XA, etc.
 
No experience with om4. But I've had better luck with the 2n than the 2sp. After trouble with the electronics on 2sp read that the omen had proven more reliable over time.
 
With my limited experience I would either go for om2 for the amazing viewfinder and easy batteries or my person favourite om4 same as a ti but on the whole cheaper. The silver (champagne) seem to be a bit cheaper. If you do go for the om2 make sure auto setting works seems a common fault. Good luck once you start you won't be able to stop, I got into oms only a few months ago and now have 2 om4s a ti and a two om2s and eight lenses. The good thing about the Olympus stuff is its so cheap!
 
I'm an OM User since 1974 and have quite a few camera's and lenses. The only non zuiko I have is a Tokina 3.5 17mm, which I have been using for the last 25 years and I think it's a very decent lens. I have been thinking to get the zuiko 18 mm instead, but i'm pleased with results of the Tokina and read only good things about it and finally the Zuiko costs about 10 times the price of a Tokina.
Has anyone had the opportunity to compare the two? Is there any difference or is the Zuiko just way overpriced based on scarcity, not on quality?
The Tokina was also sold under different names like Sigma.
Regards,
Frank
 
I've also been an OM user since '74! I only have the Zuiko 18mm, not the Tokina, but will say that the Oly lens is quite amazing. It is distortion free. I also have the Sigma 16mm and between the two, the Oly is much better in quality. The 18mm is among my favorite lenses for the OM's.
 
"I've also been an OM user since '74!"
My original OM-1 had a few cla's over the years and lookes like a 42 year old camera, but is still going strong.
Suppose you don't want to swap lenses for a few months so I can see if it's worth the extra money :)?
Frank
 
Another OM user since February of 74, still have it. Have completed my Zuiko lens selection 10 years ago, although I occasionally pick up some third party lens if cheap. Last one was a rather pedestrian Tamron 135 f2.5 adaptall II for $15, Reasonably fast and will focus to 4 feet, most 135's only focus to 5 feet. That dosent seem like a huge difference on paper but in practice it's a nice feature. Only other non Zuiko lens is a Sigma 50 f2.8 macro that will focus to 1:1, again, because it was only $25 I could not resist.
 
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