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Olympus OM-1


Olympus OM-1
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Copyright: H Ralf Lundgren (bucanas) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1780 W: 32 N: 1055] (15216)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1978
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Transportation
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-02-19 3:51
Viewed: 677
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Chrome Film 135mm 1978

The Olympus OM-1 is a manually operated 35mm single-lens reflex camera, part of the Olympus OM system.
[edit]History

The very first model was presented at the Photokina of Köln in 1972 and was called the Olympus M-1. Thirteen years earlier, the release of the Nikon F had made the 35 mm SLR the standard choice for professionals accustomed to Leica and other rangefinders, but it had driven the market towards heavy and bulky cameras. The Olympus M-1 changed this and with it began a reduction of size, weight and noise of the 35 mm SLRs. It was designed by a team led by Yoshihisa Maitani, who had already created the Pen and Pen F cameras, noted for their compactness.
Very soon a complaint from Leica forced Olympus to rename the M-1 to OM-1, and apart from the name the two models are identical. Today bodies and lenses with the M name are rare (5000 bodies were made according to Olympus) and sought after by collectors.
The OM-1 is an all-mechanical SLR. It has a very large viewfinder with interchangeable screens but a fixed prism. It also has a through-the-lens exposure meter controlling a needle visible in the viewfinder. It has a very compact body, essentially retained on later models.


Olympus OM-1n with 24mm Zuiko-Shift lens
Originally, the bottom plate needed to be modified to mount a motor drive on the OM-1. In 1974, Olympus launched the OM-1MD (MD standing for Motor Drive), on which a motor drive can be attached with no modification. This new version wears a small plate marked MD on the front, and a small round cover with a coin slot covers the motor drive coupling.
The OM-1n is the same as the OM-1MD with a redesigned film advance lever, a flash ready/sufficient flash LED in the viewfinder, and automatic X-sync regardless of the position of the speed ring and the FP/X switch, when it is used with a T-series flash unit mounted on Flash Shoe 4.

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O Carro de boi é um dos mais primitivos e simples meios de transporte, ainda em uso nos meios rurais, utilizado para o transporte de cargas (produtos agrícolas) e pessoas.
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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4214 W: 414 N: 6600] (41877)
  • [2008-02-19 7:07]

Hi H

A very decriptive note, with good horizontal layering, in this superb daily life scene, depicting the cattle. Excellent color & sharpness. Tfs!

Hello Ralf!
Magic!!!!! Beautiful picture! Sharpness carrying himself! Very nice moment! Grat! Superb!
Jazmin

Hi H Ralf,
What a fantastic shot of colourful place...
Excellent shot and superb. colours. Tfs.
Dr.Seyfettin Güner

Hi Ralf,
Very beautiful daily life shot.Excellent scene.Great POV and colours.TFS.
Regards.

hAyAti

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1299 W: 2 N: 202] (15582)
  • [2008-02-20 0:05]

a beautiful and instructive picture

Hi Ralf,
I like four color zones, brown, green, white and blue.
Excellent composition. Well seen and well done shot
Selahatiin E

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  • Niva Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1146 W: 2 N: 838] (10395)
  • [2008-02-20 2:10]

Interessante a foto e o comentário!
Parabéns, Ralf.
Um abraço,
Nivaldo

Ola Ralf,


Nossa!! onde voce achou esta raridade.
Sim, porque eu não vejo um destes ja faz muito tempo!
Creio eu que só em determinadas regioes neste Brasil afora.
Belo tiro, um bom texto box explicativo.
Parabens

Sergio

Olá Ralf,

Uma cena do cotidiano do interior do Brasil. Boa captura. Fiz um WS e espero que goste.
Abraço,
Sergio

:) quarta-feira.

Olá Ralf,
Até a luz nordestina você capturou nessa foto que foge um tanto da sua linha habitual. Magnífica igualmente.
Parabéns e abraço.
Raimundo

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  • tibig Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 657 W: 26 N: 681] (7565)
  • [2008-03-22 4:33]

It is sometimes hard to scan the old pictures, but you got a pretty nice result.
Thanks for the history note on the good old SLR-s.
Regards,
Tibi

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