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My Olympus OM1 has just arrived :D It's so lovely, I'm intending to take it out later to try it out :) It came with a strap but it's slightly broken in places and the lens has no lens cap, so I have an excuse to go and buy some things for it, hehe. Here is is, nicknamed Oliver, hehe :D

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I loved my olys

Had the OM1 and the OM2 and a range of lenses. In the days of production they were quality cameras and of cause started the trend towards smaller cameras, I went from Nikon Fs to olys so a massive difference.

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I may have a lens cap for you as my 50mm f1.8 is damaged.
I'll look tonight.
 
Oh, thank you! Sorry to hear about your damaged lens though.
 
If you need a strap let me know and will have a look I might have one somewhere from my late om10 I'm not 100% sure though.
If I find it it's yours
 
is that the one from ffordes.com?
How much did you buy it for, I'm looking for another one of these for my girlfriend.
 
Ah thank you about the strap! I've Superglued this one but obviously it's not terribly satisfactory, hehe.

I did indeed buy it from Ffordes, for £59 :) (apologies if you were thinking of buying this one, eep) I know there are a few on Ebay at the moment (because I've naughtily been looking for a companion for it for shooting colour when this one's got black and white in) I've just searched OM1 and a few have appeared :)

I've just put a roll of film through it to try it out, it's very satisfying to use, I forgot how much I enjoyed using the SLRs at college :D I'll develop it later I think, the photos are probabaly dreadful (thanks to me of course :lol:)
 
Don't worry I just asked if it was the ffordes bacause you mentioned you were looking at it in your previous thread..
If I find the strap will let you know
 
Thank you :)

I've just developed the film and am waiting for it to dry :D
 
Aaaahh! I loved my OM-1, what a great little camera that was, pure quality. Enjoy!
 
Perhaps it's not fair if the camera has a name and the lens doesn't :lol:

I'm slightly embarassed to say that all of my cameras have names, eep :whistling:
 
The OMs are great.

The thing to check on OM-1s is that the battery mod has been done, as you can't get the batteries these days - something to do with the mercury level.

Although I don't think I've ever changed my battery, they are not doing much so last for ages.
 
Ooh yes I mean to ask about this- how would I check? :) The exposure meter seems to move but I've not noticed the blinking red light mentioned in the manual.

Saying this, I read somewhere that this camera didn't take batteries, though of course now I understand they do, but could I use it without? :) (If the battery mod hasn't been done, if I can work out whether it has)
 
I suppose easiest way would be to check what kind of battery is installed. If it's an original it'll be a 1.35v mercury battery (Eveready (UCAR) EPX625, Mallory PX625 or equivalent. ) If you've one of those, easiest is to get a pack of 675 zinc-air batteries (sold at chemists as hearing-aid batteries :)) and use one of them, preferably with something like a rubber o-ring or bit of insulated wire around it to take up the space. The #675's are 1.4v which will probably read a wee-bit high (maybe 1/3 - 1/2 stop) but most of the silver-oxide jobs are 1.5v and read high out of the box. At least the #675's are cheap enough to swap regularly.

The conversions as far as I know involve soldering a diode in series with the battery holder to drop the voltage from silver-oxide cells, there's a mention of it here - scroll down until you find the OM-1 makeover heading.
 
OM1's are great cameras - was my first SLR, thinks i've still got a few bits for it kicking around.
 
Just looked - got a std Zuiko 50mm 1.8 in leather case + 75-150 Zuiko zoom lying around in a drawer - yours if you can cover the cost of postage and a couple of pints.
 
Any spare bits for it very much appreciated, hehe :D Paid for with postage too of course :) Many thanks to those of you who've offered to look for lens caps/ straps and such :)
 
moaten said:
Just looked - got a std Zuiko 50mm 1.8 in leather case + 75-150 Zuiko zoom lying around in a drawer - yours if you can cover the cost of postage and a couple of pints.
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You've got a PM, its on its way :)
 
These are from the first couple of colour films I used in it :) Still got to develop the black and white one, I didn't do these myself, hehe. Nothing thrilling framing wise etc but I thought I'd post them :)

From Aston Hall, I used some ISO 200 film, may've been Kodak or may've been another I can't remember, which was given to me, I think it was one that the person got when a film was developed and may've been a little expired but had been kept in a fridge, and some expired Kodak from 2001 with an ISO of 400. The first photo's from the 200 and the others are from the expired film from the car boot I think, hehe.

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slightlytriangle said:
My Olympus OM1 has just arrived :D It's so lovely, I'm intending to take it out later to try it out :) It came with a strap but it's slightly broken in places and the lens has no lens cap, so I have an excuse to go and buy some things for it, hehe. Here is is, nicknamed Oliver, hehe :D

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And a thing of beauty it is :thumbs::thumbs:

Enjoy and treasure it,and NEVER NEVER EVER lend it to ANYONE :nono:
 
kardo said:
I did that with my OM10 I didn't have a problem taking it apart but when the time came to put it back together... when i put it in the bin it was in almost 30 pieces.:bonk:
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That's SO sad!!! I bought an Olympus OM10 in 1986 and absolutely loved it! Our house was broken into in 1994 and the OM10 was stolen, along with all my good jewellery! I have missed that camera immensely ever since.

I was feeling really blue today, so imagine my surprise and delight this afternoon, when my husband (Cowasaki) decided to give me one of my birthday presents early - an Olympus OM10 - a replacement for my much-loved camera. I'm SO excited! I can't wait to get the films he's ordered - hopefully tomorrow - so that I can take her for a spin. I've had an Canon EOS 300V and currently have a Nikon D40X - but they're not the OM10.

Ah, happy days.
 
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