I have a deep affinity for amazing cameras. New and old, digital and film, cameras can bring memories to life. They tell stories without words. Vintage cameras especially have their own stories to tell. Imagine the images they've shot, the families who have captured memories with them, the happiness they've brought to life, the places they've traveled, just amazing. Hence my growing vintage camera collection.
 |
| My Vintage Cameras |
Here I'll profile one of my favorites.
 |
| Canon OM-1 |
What kind of camera is it?
- It is an Olympus OM-1 35mm film camera.
When was it made?
- It was first made in 1971, after that there were more changes of the camera and similar models came out.
Was it high quality for the time?
- Actually it was, it set new standards for being an SLR camera. It was light, functional, and portable. It was very popular with travel photographers because it was compact and light weight, and it also ranks one of the sturdiest cameras of its time. It was high end with the 5 frames per second.
Where/when did you get it?
- My sister-in-law Cassie got it for me for Christmas 2016.
Some info about it
- With it being a film camera, you can get black & white film for the camera, you can get color film, whatever you want there's pretty much a film for it.
Sadly, I don't have any pictures taken with the camera yet because I haven't had the film developed. But, it's almost filled. Hopefully I'll post some photos taken with the camera soon. Stay tuned!
I'm glad you like your new camera! I had to bid on 9 different cameras online to finally get this one for you. I can't wait to see some photos from it. Keep it up :)
ReplyDeleteCassie