Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back in the late '70's when I was at Art College (if only I'd had the nerve to drop out and be bohemian as well...) there was a rebel in the Photography course who had splashed out on a new OM1 and wanted to prove its worth. 5"x4" excercises were set and students returned their work, he got a good grade and then revealed to the tutor he'd taken it on his OM1! The tutor then deducted his marks insisting it was the skill he was learning (that was important) rather than the finished result. I can't remember whether he successfully appealed. So they must have something going for them, just think what he could have eachieved with Leitz lenses... Jem > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Rose [SMTP:rjr@usip.com] > > I can't say whether that post was economic sabotage, but I can speak > definitively > on Olympus v. Leica. I have two OM1 bodies, and a gaggle of lenses: > > IMHO, only two lenses in the above list have orven really worth using: > the 35mm and the 50mm f/1.8, and they produce credible, useful images when > stopped down around f/5.6. > > Now there is a dandy camera! > > Bob ;-) > > > > > > ! > ! > >