OM2-sp opinions

I've had one for years.

Wonderful.

Especially with the wide zoom 28-48.

There's some sort of fault with all OM2SP's circuits that they need new batteries about once every month or so.
 
I think it's a great camera (I have four, plus OM-2's, 1's and 4's). Mine tend to eat batteries also, although not once a month (every 6 months?). It handles more like the OM-4(t) series than the earlier ones. If the price is great, go for it. I have picked them up on EBAY for quite a bit less than $100, all in great condition.
 
I have had a 1972 om1 from new and use that for longer lenses, my om2 was stolen a few years ago and I wasn’t going to bother replacing it; then at the weekend I found this, it’s a bit expensive but it looks unused………and you know about temptation
 
A great SLR. The battery drain problem is much discussed but not as often found. Mine uses one set a year. Once mine locked up, requiring a $50 fix to unlock the wind gears, and I was told this is an occasional problem with some. Watch out for a collapsed rewind button.

The viewfinder with a "2" series screen gives the most lovely image in the OM world, maybe the best of any SLR. It's bigger than that in the OM-3/4, which is set back some to make room for the dioptric correction gear. You may spend as much on the 2 series screen as you do on the camera!

For what they are going for these days, a fabulous value.
 
Much more modern than OM-2, the LED in the viewfinder is like those in OM-3/4, a far departure from the simple needle indicator on OM-2.

I wouldn't pay too much for it. If you have the itch for spot metering, go for the much more reliable and featured OM-4. If you like classics, the OM-2 or OM-2n is more so.
 
I would be using it just for telephoto stuff, I expect in manual mainly.
I lost all my Oly stuff in a burglary a few years ago, but the 28 and 85 f2 I would be adding a 100 and perhaps a 135
 
My batteries last for weeks, but not months.

Not a major problem, as the batteries are very inexpensive.

Perhaps they fixed it in later years? Although I don't recall it was in production for long.
 
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