Losing Olympus is sad...
My first 35mm SLR was an Olympus OM-2n, the camera was tiny compared to most other SLRs, and it had a metering system that was absolutely DEAD-ON. I don’t remember ever taking a bad photo with that camera.
Of course, I haven’t seen a 35mm camera for sale in quite some time, although there are still a few out there.
Mark
My first good camera was an Olympus ECR a small 35mm rangefinder.
My first camera of any kind was a green plastic box camera given to us by American Motors because Daddy bought a Rambler. I have no idea why they gave them away as it was several months after he bought the car.
I too had an OM-2. Also several OM-1s.
If you shop around, you can get an OM-2 film camera on the Internet for under a hundred bucks.
My first 35mm cameras were Minoltas (which I think morphed into the Sony line). I hated to see them go out of business. I wish my Nikon digital SLR was as easy to work as that old Minolta XG-1.
I’ve never owned an Olympus, but I hate to see competition disappear, it keeps everyone on their toes.
I loved the design of the Olympus cameras. If I recall, they were the first cameras permitted in the court rooms, because their shutters were so quiet.
I’ve got an Olympus Stylus Epic. That thing has a heck of a telephoto lens for a little point & shoot. I took it on a cruise and got sharper photos than I did from a far more expensive camera.
I hate to see the brand fail.
My first 35mm SLR was an Olympus OM-2n, the camera was tiny compared to most other SLRs, and it had a metering system that was absolutely DEAD-ON. I don’t remember ever taking a bad photo with that camera.
Of course, I haven’t seen a 35mm camera for sale in quite some time, although there are still a few out there.
My first, and only 35mm SLR was an Olympus OM1 which I bought used from a civilian contractor who was working where I was stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1980. I then took the camera on my photo safari expedition to Kenya in July of that year. I loved that camera, and the pictures I took with it.
Yes, Olympus will surely be missed, indeed...
the infowarrior