No. 395921 (1975-Singapore) with G.Zuiko Auto-S 1:1.4 f=50mm No 577921
Simplicity!
Those were the days! 25 ASA Kodachrome, 1000th sec top speed and a 50mm prime lens.....
Originally presented at photokina 1972 as the M-1, designed by Yoshihisa Maitani as the smallest and lightest SLR of its time, the all-mechanical, TTL exposure camera was launched in 1973 as the OM-1 after complaints by Leica. Became the OM-1MD in 1974 to accommodate motor drive
Wind on, threaded shutter release, ASA dial, detachable hot-shoe, on-off switch, foldaway rewind lever on the top plate and speed dial around lens throat...all you had to do was think, not remember where everything was.....
Upgrade! OM-2N
Lots of changes but no more fuss....
No 623786 (1979 London) with H.Zuiko Auto-W 1:2.8 f=24mm No 106558 and Varimagni Finder
OM-4 Ti - same shape, so many innovations - one of the best ever!
Overtaken first by autofocus cameras and ultimately by Digital, the manual spot-metering OM-4Ti is now regarded as ‘one of the finest SLR’s of its generation for the serious and purist film photographer’ (Wikipedia)
No.1184085 (ca.1998-9 Singapore) with S Zuiko Auto-Zoom 28-48mm f4
Released in 2000, the robust fixed-lens (equiv.35-140mm) metal-bodied E-10 was a prosumer, metal-bodied zoom lens reflex with TTL finder and was the first true 4MP digital camera in the market
Available in 2003 as the first interchangeable-lens DSRL built 'from the ground up' as a Four Thirds System digital camera with a 5MP CCD sensor, the E-1 saw the re-introduction of the legendary Zuiko series of lenses in digital form and has to be one of the best-made cameras ever. I would never part with it. 749006150
Announced in March 2008 and advertised as the 'World's Smallest and Lightest' DSLR, the 10MP Four-Thirds System E-420 came with a new Zuiko 25mm f2.8 Pancake lens, which made it a very compact and handy casual travel unit. G21506175
2011's metal-bodied 12.3MP Pen E-P3 (B9W509650) with touchscreen and 'art filters' was the seventh iteration of the new Micro Four-Thirds System and at time of release claimed to be the world's fastest focusing camera. It's seen here with the accessory shoe-mounted VF-2 viewfinder, Lumix 14mm f2.5 lens and Gariz case
BEK 505938 OM-D E-M5/Zuiko 12mm f2
OM-D E-M5. I can't get enough of it.
Sporting a magnesium alloy body, weather sealing, a 16MP sensor, 5-axis in-body image stabilisation, tilting touchscreen and electronic viewfinder, 2011's Micro Four-Thirds OM-D E-M5 was a mirror-less tribute to the legendary OM line of film cameras and 2012's Camera of the Year. Seen here with handgrip, battery holder, 12mm f2 lens and it's sister, the E-P3
and then, in 2013.......
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