Oly35mm Review - OM-88 (OM-101)
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Also including the Zuiko 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 PF, and 50mm f2.0 PF lenses. After a mediocre attempt at SLR autofocus with the OM-707, Olympus came up with the idea of Power Focus. This was focussing by a knurled ring at the back of the camera instead of a ring surrounding the lens. It was probably a case of too little, too late, as AF had taken off in the consumer market.
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The only camera my parents kept from the 80's had to be this one..
Warwick Wallace it's a good camera
The OM 77 / OM 101 lenses are better as they are from 1986- 88 period and are more up-to-date than lenses for the OM1 to OM4 lenses that were all from the 1970s.
And you have to own an OM 101 to operate these fabulous Olympus lenses.
I have the OM 101 amongst a score of cameras, film and digital - I'm a retired pro here in KIlkenny , Ireland and I have to say that the lenses are gorgeous and mostly small.
Of course you can use ordinary OM1-4 lenses on the OM 101 but why would you do that?
I simply LOVE the power focus that I find better than AF as it's almost as fast but you also have control.
The meter in the OM 101 is every bit as fast and reactive and as good and accurate as the meter in ANY Olympus camera.
With the manual adaptor it even satisfied me as a pro for most shots of landscape and portraiture. for flash work it's perfect with the Olympus 32 flash.
And the OM 101 does not suffer from the awful battery wastage of the OM4, for which you need rare 357 disc batteries, in fact it handily takes four AAA that you can buy cheaply anywhere in the world.
You have to get the OM1 expensively adapted to take modern batteries. the nearest small shop will sell you AAA for the OM 101.
The OM 101 is nice to hold with a good body grip as well.
There's a viewfinder even bigger than the OM1 -4, there's a flashing up and down arrow that makes metering dead easy too. There's even a quick compensation button to press if you're photographing a backlit subject.
The 28/2.8 PF lens is a little gem that's sharper than the ordinary Olympus 28/2.8, the tiny 50/2 PF lens will let you fit the OM 101 in one coat pocket with the 28/2.8 PF in the other pocket.
They're going for half-nothing on ebay because of all the bad undeserved publicity.
I wouldn't recommend the OM 77/ OM 707 though as the battery door breaks off immediately you handle it if it's not gone already!
Hey I have a 50mm lens f1,8 af, Is there a way i can use that for LUMIX GX8?
I've recently acquired three OM101 of which two work, not bad for 32 years old. The third, on closing the back and switching from OFF to P, does a single wind and then gives four short beeps. Do you know what that indicates? Can't find any error codes mentioned in the manual.
SOLVED the OM 707 battery door problem - I simply screwed in a spare flash bar that fits the OM 707 and keeps the battery door firmy closed, Hurrah! It's now taking photos as good as , if not better than, my favourite professional Olympus OM2n.
Nice presentation, I am currently actively seeking a OM-101 body as a back-up for my OM-1 as the OM-10, OM-30 and OM-40 I tried failed after a couple of rolls and i don't want to spend the money the OM-2, OM-3, Om-4 demand). I also use my OM lenses with a couple of Canon EOS film bodies in AV mode, but the VFs are not very good for manual focusing, so I thought the OM-101 which can be found very cheap could be an alternative if the VF is better than that of the EOS cameras. I think you should have devoted a bigger part of the review on the subject of using manual OM lenses with the -101. If only you could get speed indication in the VF it would be great, although if one has the manual adapter, they can just set the minimal shutter speed they feel comfortable with in M mode to avoid shake if uncertain.
Exactly what I do! As I said I have the OLY AF77 and the 101 because they use "hidden gems" of lenses - the Oly AF lernses are the sharpest and the best for Bokeh that Olympus ever produced!
Then it's nice to be able to use the better lenses from my Oly OM2n as well, 77 and 101 are great backup cameras indeed.
I just got this same camera, and the shutter is not working. Everything else work's except that. I have the film loaded correctly as well as the batteries. It came with a 70-210 lens.
Dirt cheap fo a replacement on the Bay!
hi what battery do you use for this because i don’t know which battery it needs
mia butler 4xAAA batteries