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[Brian Levy <dlevy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:03 AM 1/13/97 GMT, you wrote:
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>Don't forget Olympus, who have just updated and re-released their excellent
>OM3Ti fully manual *and* mechanical shutter body with wizzo spot metering
>capabilities. They also have their full range of prime lenses (a bit short
>on zooms though) and are occasionally adding to them. Of course the second
>hand market is best for OM bits.
>
>(Yes I like Olympus stuff, especially their 21mm f2 lens. Wow! Still great
>after all these years.)
>
My apologies to Olympus. I forgo them and should not have by any means. I do
think they make a wonder camera and have great optics. I've used their
half-frame pens (F, EE) for many years and at that time the lenses for the
F, FT, etc. could go one on one with Canon, Nikon and the rest at 8x10, and
I'm talking about half-frames here. I do and have mentioned the in my
classes and more than one student has purchased one. IF I wanted a 35mm
system, and decided for some reason not to acquire a Contax, then I would
more than likely buy an Olympus. Unfortunately, it is more expensive than
the entry level K1000, FX-3, etc. and I tend to suggest that the students
keep costs DOWN as much as possible since most seldom have an idea of what
they want to photograph and that may dictate the final choice more than any
other thing. 

On the used market, at least in my old area, they were few and far between.

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>What an absolutely *fabulous* suggestion! Sure wish some of my photo
>teachers showed this kind of initiative!

Thank you, I'm humbled.


Brian Levy, J.D.
Agincourt Ont.
dlevy@xxxxxxxxxx


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