I got an OM-!MD for Christmas (Sort of)

[Ross M]

Wow very nice. Love the blueprint look of it. Very talented.


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Yes, Mr. Taylor showed some talent on this one.

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That is very cool

I assured my wife that I thought this was very cool.

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Wonderful, Ross.

I still have OM1, OM1n and OM10. Beautiful cameras.

Wishing you and yours a safe and happy new year.

Thanks. A great new year to you too. Sadly, I ended up with a Fujica AX-3 in the 80's. The second catastrophic failure saw it moth-balled and my photographic hobby curtailed for 13 years.

I looked up some retrospective opinions of the OM-1 series and noted that it remains highly regarded.

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Hmm! It looks good on paper...

Ha Ha! I wish I had said that!

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What a lovely and original present.

It is. My wife is the best present chooser.

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Very unique and how wonderful is that logo?

Yes, that logo is great. Technical drawing doesn't call for much artistic flair, but the logo shows that side of the creator.

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Interesting.
And 10/10 to your Wife too

Agreed. I passed on your score to my wife and she laughed appreciatively.

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Nice. Always good to get a gift that's interesting and unique. I assume you've pulled out the drafting pencils to draw some expensive jewellery for the wife's next birthday ?

The OM cameras were such a great piece of design. Curious that the shutter speed dial on the lens mount wasn't more widely adopted - seemed to be quite an intuitive place for it, so you could set aperture and s/s and focus with the one hand. Also intersting that these 'full frame' SLRs are the same size as my APS-C Fuji X-E2 which is considered small these days.

My first camera was an OM-10 (which coincidentally I used today - although it took around six months to shoot a roll of 24).


Cheers.

This present is the epitome of the phrase "it's the thought that counts".

A couple of my friends had OM-10's. When I used them, I realised that a weak point of my Fujica was a relatively small viewfinder.

When I put my defunct Fujica SLR against my Nikon D5100, it occurred to me that in terms of size, the technology was going backwards.

Somewhere I still have some old school drafting gear stashed away I think. No drawing board or T square, though. I might have to do some free-hand work, as your suggestion is a good one, whether or not I buy jewelry for her. I do photograph quite a few of the decorative and collectible gifts that my wife receives.