Advantages: Can be picked up cheaply Disadvantages: Has very little bells and whistles
The Olympus OM 2 is a camera from another era, which has it s roots in the seventies. Today this doesn't make the OM 2 any less of a camera. In fact if truth be known the cameras features don't necessarily make you take pictures any better. What the purchase of the OM 2 gives you is access to some very fine lenses, which produce some of the sharpest images I have ever produced. So what do you get if you purchase an OM2.
Features
In some ways the ... ...backs and a full range Olympus lenses, not to mention a full range of good independent lenses. All second hand of course allowing you to build up a system of lenses for very little outlay.
In fact if you are lucky enough to acquire a manual you will see that you are not just buying a camera but buying into a system.
Brass vs. Plastic
The OM2 comes from the old school of camera making and is a solid construction of brass. Very few modern cameras ...
jarjar65uk 08.06.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Olympus OM 2
Advantages: Compact and simple to use Disadvantages: limited functions and expensive add-ons
My Olympus OM2 was purchased in the Mid 1970s, it was one of the most compact SLR Cameras of its day and pioneered TTL metering, this camera is best described as semi automatic with aperture priority. The OM2 still had the option for Manual mode. By today’s standards the OM2 is very basic but being simple to use, offered the enthusiastic armature a professional feel. Typically there was a feast of must have accessories, from motor drive to interchangeable ... ...The most tiresome failing is if one forgets to turn off the camera the batteries quickly expired resulting in lock up. It has stood the test of time although now replaced with an Olympus E400 there is no doubt the OM2 was the best Olympus camera of its day. ...
Flashharry1955 27.04.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Olympus OM 2
(+) Fold out LCD screen, Image Stabilization, Zuiko lens quality, Picture quality, Flash options (-) Noise in low light, Too many buttons, Badly laid out, Too many gimmicks
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