Olympus OM 2

The Olympus OM-2 is my all-time favourite 35mm film camera body. Historically, Olympus were known for producing excellent small cameras, either in ‘compact’ full frame, or half frame format. Whereas most other SLR manufacturers were trying to make their models smaller and lighter, Oly were in the enviable position of having to make their cameras larger! In it’s day, the OM2 was the smallest lightest automatic SLR in the marketplace, but that was without making any serious compromises. The year before launch, Olympus introduced the groundbreaking manual-only OM1 – which, incidentally, is my ... more

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 use of the OM 2 can be easier than some of the all singing and dancing machines out there. You get three exposure modes Manual, Aperture Priority and ... more

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 focusing screens. The zuiko lenses system produces excellent results. There is comparatively little noise with this mechanical marvel ... more