Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search][ should be on the old-low-tech-rangefinders list, but as there isn't one... ] I've spotted a camera new to me in a junk shop here: an Olympus-S. It has a 42mm/1.8 G-Zuiko lens, shutter going from 1 - 1/500, and some sort of needle meter (not working). It looks rather more primitive at first sight than an RC - very simple-looking stamped metal top - and is somewhat bigger, but works in a similar way (save for the mystery meter). All the mechanics, including the film advance, seem to work fine, so if the optics are any good this looks like a useful camera, particularly at only 40 pounds. The one drawback was that the settings are all together on rings around the lens, have an icky plasticky feel (mainly cos they *are* plastic) and are hard to operate quickly without looking. Anyone out there know about these? I've heard the RD was good, and this seems very similar to descriptions I've read of them. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- jack@purr.demon.co.uk - Jack Campin, 2 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE