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Well not really, its from 1972. My mom and I were cleaning out the attic today, when she found a old box with a inch of dust on it. When we moved it into better light, the label read, 'STORAGE FOR NEW ATTIC', so it has been in the attic since we moved in like 9 years ago. I brought it down after we finished cleaning out the attic, and I opened it. Inside was some old boarding passes and stuff from TAP( I did not know airlines use to give you kits of stuff, i.e. toothbrush/toothpaste, cigs, a pillow, wipes, mask for you eyes, etc) I can not even get a pillow now without paying.:nope: Anyways under some other junk in other languages(identified now as Swedish,German,Japanese) Then I came across this old bag, in it were some really old pictures(Pre-WWII, during WWII) that a late family friend from Switzerland took of his life back there. I put those aside and found this old looking camera, I noticed it was a SLR camera and since I always wanted one, I asked my parents like a child if I could have it. They said yes!
Anyways, after looking at it and using the all knowing GOOGLE, I found out it was an original 1972 Olympus OM-1 SLR. I was very happy, I asked my dad, and he said the family friend from Swizterland got that at the Photokina of Köln in 1972. And gave it to my dad as a birthday gift.
So now I own a 1972 OM-1 SLR with a manuel in German/Swedish/Japanese. I can not wait to use this baby.
You've got yourself quite a nice albeit vintage camera. Hope you can find lenses to go with it.
It has a TOKINA AT-X 35-200mm attached
EDIT: put on a different lense
krashkart
04-18-10, 09:43 PM
Oh dude, post a few up snaps up in the Photography thread. I don't know cameras from my own hindquarters, but that's a real find. Awesome! :up:
I once found an old 8mm home movie camera at an estate sale but was too broke to purchase it. They even had a rig for cutting the film. :damn:
Jimbuna
04-19-10, 05:27 AM
Quality kit you've got there :up:......IIRC the OM-1 was the manual version to the OM-2 which was fully automatic.
I still have my Olympus OM-10 which was fully automatic but by fitting a small attachment (£25 cost at the time) it was immediately converted to a OM-1/OM-2 allowing you to switch from one version to the other at the turn of a dial (the best of both worlds).
I've got the usual 28mm wide angle, 50mm standard issue, 300mm telephoto but my favourit all rounder is my 28-115mm.
Take care of it....very nice :sunny:
I plan to take care of it.
krashKart: I would love to post pictures when I start taking them, but how do I get pictures from the film on to my laptop?
Sailor Steve
04-19-10, 03:34 PM
A good scanner should do the trick. All of my old navy pictures, including my avatar, were scanned in by me, so I know it works with a desktop. A laptop shouldn't be any different.
my scanner only brings up half of anything I scan
Jimbuna
04-20-10, 07:10 AM
Check your scanner settings....ensure it is set to automatic.
You might also want to set it to scan, leave the lid open (but don't look directly at the scanning heads light) and ensure it is travelling the length of the scanning bed.
It may have developed a fault.
sharkbit
04-20-10, 08:07 AM
Quality kit you've got there :up:......IIRC the OM-1 was the manual version to the OM-2 which was fully automatic.
I still have my Olympus OM-10 which was fully automatic but by fitting a small attachment (£25 cost at the time) it was immediately converted to a OM-1/OM-2 allowing you to switch from one version to the other at the turn of a dial (the best of both worlds).
I've got the usual 28mm wide angle, 50mm standard issue, 300mm telephoto but my favourit all rounder is my 28-115mm.
Take care of it....very nice :sunny:
Olympus makes excellent cameras. I still have my OM-10 as well with pretty much the same set up. It's been all over the world with me.
I've made the jump to digital about 5 years ago, so now my OM-10 is stored away in an old camera bag.
A couple of years ago I bought a digital Olympus E-500. Haven't had any regrets about that.
It's amazing how SLR camera bodies alone were $600 or more back in the eighties when I got my OM-10, and that was without any lenses. Now days you see good film SLR's with at least one lens for $200 or so.
My, how the digital camera age as changed things. My kids won't even know what film is.
:)
Jimbuna
04-20-10, 11:14 AM
Olympus makes excellent cameras. I still have my OM-10 as well with pretty much the same set up. It's been all over the world with me.
I've made the jump to digital about 5 years ago, so now my OM-10 is stored away in an old camera bag.
A couple of years ago I bought a digital Olympus E-500. Haven't had any regrets about that.
It's amazing how SLR camera bodies alone were $600 or more back in the eighties when I got my OM-10, and that was without any lenses. Now days you see good film SLR's with at least one lens for $200 or so.
My, how the digital camera age as changed things. My kids won't even know what film is.
:)
Rr that....I just went to my camera bag and turned the battery test on and the bugga was still buzzing....after all these years :o
I went to CVS and got 3 rolls developed, so after 19:00ET I will post my 1st pictures!
SteamWake
07-01-10, 03:24 PM
LOL I was all ready to jump Ivan for spending money on a new camera when he was complaining about his debt :haha:
Nice find... maybe you can sell it and relieve some of that debt there :03:
You got a great camera. And there is a cult around the olympus OM, so beare it... or just join it! :D
LOL I was all ready to jump Ivan for spending money on a new camera when he was complaining about his debt :haha:
Nice find... maybe you can sell it and relieve some of that debt there :03:
:haha: Yea this was a while ago, and you can still be mad at me, cause CVS just charged me $40 for development! THAT IS INSANE I am pissed
Jimbuna
07-02-10, 07:23 AM
Still waiting on those pictures you promised :DL
Still waiting on those pictures you promised :DL
A little disappointed, turns out that there is this lens cover thing that I either need to remove or clean, so they came out rather poorly. Oh well, it is a learning process. And for some reason they are really small on the computer
My car:
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780021.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780020.jpg
My Home:
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780016.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780015.jpg
The backyard:
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780031.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780032.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780033.jpg
Again, they are not good, need to figure out that lens cover thing. But it is a start. And as my 1st time using such a camera, an old camera, I think I did fine
After a little photo work on the car:
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z99/ivankl/99780020-1.jpg
A little on the house:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2781/99780016.jpg
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8553/997800152.jpg (http://img810.imageshack.us/i/997800152.jpg/)
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8357/99780021.jpg (http://img59.imageshack.us/i/99780021.jpg/)
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7199/99780031.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/99780031.jpg/)
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/2350/99780032.jpg (http://img688.imageshack.us/i/99780032.jpg/)
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6460/99780033.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/99780033.jpg/)
SteamWake
07-02-10, 02:41 PM
Nice frakkin house :o
Nice frakkin house :o
Why, Thank you very much.
As I clean the pictures, I will post them.
More house:
http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/4149/997800182.jpg (http://img815.imageshack.us/i/997800182.jpg/)
Rear of house from deck area:
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2475/997500042.jpg (http://img824.imageshack.us/i/997500042.jpg/)
Gate to backyard from driveway:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5838/99780019.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/99780019.jpg/)
New Dog:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6082/997800342.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/i/997800342.jpg/)
When I took my boat to The Village of Bayville, Long Island:
(She ain't much, but she is mine and I love her)
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/8853/99770012.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/99770012.jpg/)
Well that is all I got for now, the rest of the 3 rolls consit of more private pictures:03: and of my younger sisters pool party in which I was forced to be the photographer
EDIT: Just kidding about the private pictures, the frau is not here;)
Jimbuna
07-02-10, 04:43 PM
You've made a start, that is the main thing and the pictures will only get better, trust me.....I've been there :03:
You've made a start, that is the main thing and the pictures will only get better, trust me.....I've been there :03:
Yep
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