Click through to my updated review of the Olympus OM-1 here, and listen to this man gush about a wonderful gem of a camera.
Updated review: Olympus OM-1
9 comments on Updated review: Olympus OM-1
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9 responses to “Updated review: Olympus OM-1”
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I love my OM-1. It’s away being serviced at present, which has cost me £70 for the priviledge, and for which I could probably have bought another body OM-1 body. But mine has had a battery voltage conversion and there’s no guarantee that a replacement body might not have its own faults. It’s one of the cameras that I feel is definitely worth the cost of maintenance when something goes wrong.
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£70 for an OM-1 service is a bargain! And then your camera will be like new.
I’ve become a big fan of having good old cameras serviced, even when replacement bodies go for very little — if for no other reason that there really is a limited supply of any particular body.
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It arrived back in the post this morning, so I’ll get a roll loaded and go shoot some photos soon, all being well. :)
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I get the gush. I love my OM-1n, and my OM-4ti as well. Competitors to my Nikon FM2n and N90s. Let’s stop there.
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The OM-1 is the only non-Pentax, non-Nikon SLR I kept after I thinned my camera herd. It’s just a great camera.
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Lovely camera. My Dad had one, and comparing one of his images with one I made with my cheaper camera, (I think it was a Praktica) was something of a revelation at the time. In the end I moved up to the Yashica TL Electro X, and then to the Contax 139 Quartz, a system I still use!
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Oooooo the Contax 139 Quartz! That camera is on my must-buy-one-day list.
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Great review Jim one of my all time favorites!
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Thanks Sam – it’s one of the greats.
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