Today I came across an interesitng SLR Camera

My first camera was a hand-me-down OM-1. I loved that camera. I had a 28mm wide angle, a 50mm regular lens and an 80-200mm Tamron zoom. I have nothing but fond memories of it. HOWEVER, I'd never go back to the days of film.

Bart.

Lads,
A relation of mine popped over to my place today and said that he'd found a camera in his attic and said it might be of interest to me seeing that I do abit of photography and all that.
He then opened the box and took out an Olympus OM-1 camera with a Vivitar 28-200 telephoto lens, I fought hard to hold back a big huge grin :lol:

Hi Dave....I have an OM1 that I bought secondhand from Conns Cameras many years ago. Came with the original 50mm lens and I added a few accessories such as a superb Tokina Doubler, Makinon 80-200 zoom lens, Sigma High-Speed Wide 28mm lens and an excellent Quantaray 500mm F:8 mirror lens (picked up s/h for 100 punts). Had to fit a new back at some stage and the current one leaks a little light but a bit of black tape sorts that. The 500mm lens and Doubler gave me 1000mm for solar shots yet only protrudes 6 inches out from the camera body. Haven't used the camera for a while....used to use it a lot with a barndoor mount...must try it again.

Thanks for the comments lads.
I'm seriously considering bringing it to the eclipse in Russia in August, I must test its optics first to see if its worth the trouble.
I read that many modern Vivitar lenses are, well, how can I put it, not exactly comparable to a Carl Zeiss, but this one is an early model, made from metal and looks good, I'm surprised by the aperture of this thing, must be a 60mm lens on it.
I 'll post pics if/when I take them (of the sky that is).

Traced that film camera that took digital pics Paul.

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It’s now just “Vaporware”.

(Like no taxes; peace in the middle east; the 200MPG car; the paperless office or paperless bathroom; a woman who has only one pair of shoes; kids who don’t ask for money; etc.)

Thanks Mark - Silicon Film, that's the one! Never came to market!

Thanks Mark - Silicon Film, that's the one! Never came to market!

These days I suppose it's just easier and maybe cheaper just to get a new DSLR camera.

my current house plans (we're site hunting at the moment) include a dark room for 35mm processing. So I'm not giving up the ghost yet on film astrophotography!
Seanie.

man, that's dedication, and I thought a big white dome in the back garden was mad.
If you see a small chemical explosion in the Midlands, that's our Seanie :lol: