The above yellow rose is also from the Olympus ON2n and the great Olympus 50mm f1.8.
I bought this camera brand new in 1980. I originally bought a 50mm f1.8 lens used in the two photos above. I have had 46 years of use from it and it has never needed service. I am careful to limit any kind of damage or rough treatment and I have never loaded it to anyone. It has been all over the United States. It has been to Europe for an extended trip in 1996. It is light, well made, easy to use, the viewfinder and manual focus system is great. I have my original flash that still works. And over the years I have bought several other OM2n cameras. And I have bought a number of lenses. Here is a short summary of this wonderful tool for photography.
“The Olympus OM-2n is a compact 35mm single-lens reflex (SLR) film camera introduced in 1979. It’s an upgraded version of the 1975 OM-2, part of Olympus’s innovative OM system known for pioneering smaller, lighter professional SLRs compared to contemporaries like Nikon or Canon models.”
Key Features:
“Exposure modes: Aperture-priority autoexposure (with Off-the-Film or “OTF” metering that measures light directly from the film plane) and full manual control.”
“Shutter: Electronically controlled horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter with speeds from 1 to 1/1000 sec + Bulb.”
“Metering: Advanced for its era, including TTL (through-the-lens) auto flash metering — one of the first cameras to offer this.”
“Build: Lightweight (around 520g body only), compact dimensions, with a bright viewfinder showing ~97-98% coverage.”
“It’s highly regarded by film photographers for its blend of mechanical reliability, excellent metering accuracy (even in tricky lighting), and tactile feel. Many consider it one of the best “sleeper” classic SLRs for enthusiasts today.”
When I bought this camera originally I was replacing a Nikon FM because I wanted something a little lighter and the fact that you could set the aperture and it would automatically set the shutter speed.
The photo above was taken when Kodak introduced the new Ektachrome. I shot the first roll on the Olympus OM2n in downtown La Mesa near where I live. What struck me about the photos using Ektachrome was the way the window art work on film looked like it was painted on, which it was, and not like a whole bunch of little electronic dots that is the result of digital photography. Do I think photography is going to go back to film from digital because of this feature of film, no. But it is an admirable result of the film process which is different than digital images.
And that is all I have to say today about my much loved Olympus OM2n camera. I have 46 years of use on mine so far and it likely has a number of years to go. Bob Nuttmann
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