lex_jenkins Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Seems like a good way to kick off a new forum... Most OM fans know that years ago the OM-1 through OM-2 series were popular with National Geographic photographers. Heck, even some of their subjects were fond of the system - remembering the photos of Koko the signing gorilla studying an OM-2N? (I'm pretty sure it was the OM-2N, not one of the other OM-2 series.) Supposedly Sam Abell, former Nat'l Geo photographer, has been overheard at the Santa Fe Workshops where he now teaches reminiscing fondly about the OM's he used. I had thought that all Nat'l Geo photographers had moved on to other systems. But in a fairly recent issue there was a photo of the photographer shooting macros of a particular type of ant using - you guessed it - an OM-4 series with dedicated flash. Any favorite recent sightings to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted September 2, 2003 Author Share Posted September 2, 2003 A bit more specific info on the above-mentioned OM sighting... It was in the June 2003 issue, "Killer Caterpillars..." The photographer was biologist Darlyne A. Murawski, who was shown in one photograph on her back shooting through a pane of glass to capture the activity of an armored caterpillar repelling an ant invasion. Sort of a "making of" type of photograph. She used an OM-4Ti, 20mm or 38mm Zuiko Macro with extension tube and flash bracket with multiple flashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_watson Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Among the strangest recent sightings is in the incredibly weird anime series "FLCL"(aka "Furi Kuri").Old OMs must be a fav of several of the animators, since the cameras show up in several episodes--but then so does a Vespa...No tentacles, though, Lex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted September 4, 2003 Author Share Posted September 4, 2003 Gotta watch out for tentacles in some, ahh...unique...forms of Japanese animation. BTW, I've noticed that the line art depicting the top of an SLR on the cover of my 7th edition "The Manual of Photography" from the early 1970s is essentially an OM-1. The locking button for the film speed dial is absent and a few minor shapes are ever so slightly off (such as the lines of the film advance lever), but the overall design is unmistakably OM-1ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny_c. Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 I don't remember to see any people using Olympus OM camera in the past. The price of OM used equipments seem going down but a few brand new OM items like shoe4 and Olympus lens caps going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast_primes Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 The female star of the latest Sabrina (played by Julia Ormond) uses an Olympus SLR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted September 7, 2003 Author Share Posted September 7, 2003 Mmm...Julia Ormand and an OM SLR. Luscious combination. I'll have to pay better attention next time that movie's on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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