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Pah, you want to learn to use film cameras get an RB67.
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Don't people join the Army to learn how to operate tanks?
Pah, you want to learn to use film cameras get an RB67.
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Spot on, Perfect...The best 35mm film camera for beginners is the one you start with. The one that's gifted to you by a friend or relative, or you find in a charity shop.
something like an Olympus OM10 with manual adaptor.
The OM10 with that adaptor was a triumph of marketing and a disaster of execution. In auto mode you twiddled the aperture ring and the viewfinder lights went up and down showing you the shutter speed. Great, no problem with that. With the adaptor in play you had exactly the same thing, with no clue through the viewfinder what the shutter speed was set at, with the viewfinder just telling you what the shutter speed should be given your selected aperture, so pointless without a separate lightmeter. If I remember correctly. Also, the camera I had kept breaking down so got rid in favour of an FM2n. Much better.
Felt nice in the hand, though.
I think you're right. Whilst the OM10 viewfinder display may have had limitations it was about right for the time and its price-point. To put things in context, just 10 or 15 years earlier many 35mm SLRs didn't even have a match needle in the viewfinder, let alone an in-viewfinder display that told you what the settings were and should be.I love shooting with my OM10. Yes the controls are incredibly cramped on the top plate but you don't find yourself changing the ISO dial too often so I can forgive that. I'm sure an OM1 or OM2 is much nicer but they're also much more expensive. I got my OM10 with a 50mm f.18 lens for 40 quid from ebay, and I've put about 10 rolls of film through it so far with no issues.
I love shooting with my OM10. Yes the controls are incredibly cramped on the top plate but you don't find yourself changing the ISO dial too often so I can forgive that. I'm sure an OM1 or OM2 is much nicer but they're also much more expensive. I got my OM10 with a 50mm f.18 lens for 40 quid from ebay, and I've put about 10 rolls of film through it so far with no issues.
It's easy to look at these cameras with 'modern eyes' and point out their shortcomings.
I started off with an OM40 and earlier this year when I started film photography again it was the first camera I bought and still enjoy using it. I have also tried the OM10, OM20, OM30, OM1, OM2Spot and OM4Ti. I really didn't like the OM10 or OM20. The OM2Spot was my favourite until I got the OM4Ti which is now my main camera. I've not used the OM1 as it has a fault I have never got round to having fixed.
Now my 9 year old daughter has had a go with a few of my cameras and the one she prefers is the Pentax ME Super not an Olympus
The one I have has the very common sticky shutter problem which I have managed to improve with servicing but it still there. So I have a very good condition ME Super on its was that she shall be getting as one of her xmas presents along with a few lenses.
Manufacturing tolerances account for most complaints about one lens compared to another e.g . you can get a slightly inferior Nikon lens, same for other makes...dunno about Zeiss.