Lenses for Olympus OM10 SLR (1980)

[David Springthorpe]

I dragged my late father's old OM10 out of the cupboard recently, replaced the
battery and ran a roll of print film through it down at Wilsons Promontory,
which turned out okay. I know it's ancient technology but it seems too good to
throw out - unfortunately it only has a standard Zuiko 1.8 50mm lens, and I'd
like to obtain a wide angle lens and / or a medium tele zoom - anyone have some
suitable second hand lenses for sale (second hand section of camera stores in
Sydney CBD today were no help) ? I'm located in Sydney northern suburbs.....

Thanks,
DS

[Wolf]

I am still using Zuiko. I have a 24mm f2.8 that is unmatched.

"David Springthorpe" <david.springthorpe@idx.com.au> wrote in message
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> I dragged my late father's old OM10 out of the cupboard recently, replaced
the
> battery and ran a roll of print film through it down at Wilsons
Promontory,
> which turned out okay. I know it's ancient technology

[Silver]

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:27:29 GMT, david.springthorpe@idx.com.au (David
Springthorpe) wrote:

>I dragged my late father's old OM10 out of the cupboard recently, replaced the
>battery and ran a roll of print film through it down at Wilsons Promontory,
>which turned out okay. I know it's ancient technology but it seems too good to
>throw out - unfortunately it only has a standard Zuiko 1.8 50mm lens, and I'd
>like to obtain a wide angle lens and / or a medium tele zoom - anyone have some
>suitable second hand lenses for sale (second hand section of camera stores in
>Sydney CBD today were no help) ? I'm located in Sydney northern suburbs.....
>
>Thanks,
>DS

Pretty much any camera store in Sydney with a dealer licence will have
OM Zuiko gear. The more exotic lenses tend to go faster, though
sometimes you'll be lucky. Good wide angles are 24/2, 28/2 and the
35/2, though prices run around at least 500. If you can, try to avoid
zooms of this era, as they are generally lousy. There are several
great zooms in the zuiko range though and image quality is fine if
you're not making uber enlargements. I currently run around with an
OM-2n, OM-2SP, 24/2.8, 50/1.4 and a 100/2.8. All great lenses. I've
also got a 65-200/4 that's for sale.
go here
http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/lensgroup.htm
For a look at the entire range.
Pick up a copy of phototraders. Plenty of OM Zuiko gear in there.

Might be old technology, but it still looks great! And it's more fun.
:P

Silver

[Wolf]

"Silver" <danny_mctan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:27:29 GMT, david.springthorpe@idx.com.au (David
> Springthorpe) wrote:
>
> Good wide angles are 24/2, 28/2 and the
> 35/2, though prices run around at least 500.

You can have the Zuiko 24mm f2.8 for $250A. Put the numbers at the of wolf
for my true email address.

[Gareth Edwards]

> Might be old technology, but it still looks great! And it's more fun.

And I'm still getting great enlargements out of my OM-1n, usually using the
50/1.8 prime, though occasionally I drag out the 75-150 zoom for stuff I'm
not really going to blow up.

Camera won't break or run out of batteries when you're miles from anywhere,
either ;-)

Gareth.

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[twigdip]

"Gareth Edwards" <kakapo@safe-mailnospam.net> wrote in message news:<F2dDb.53320$aT.33023@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> > Might be old technology, but it still looks great! And it's more fun.
>
> And I'm still getting great enlargements out of my OM-1n, usually using the
> 50/1.8 prime, though occasionally I drag out the 75-150 zoom for stuff I'm
> not really going to blow up.
>
> Camera won't break or run out of batteries when you're miles from anywhere,
> either ;-)
>
> Gareth.

are there any other lense families that are compatible with Olympus
OM10 or only the zuiko's? Are there new newer models designed to fit
old camera bodies like the NIkon ranage...?
thanks
ian

[Bolty]

There are a number of alternatives to Zuiko's... I have Vivitar, Tamron and
Sigma lenees as well... They all perform pretty well!
You can see here at
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallByMember.asp?mem=22419
to get an idea of how they perform!
Cheers Adam

"twigdip" <twigdip@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Gareth Edwards" <kakapo@safe-mailnospam.net> wrote in message
news:<F2dDb.53320$aT.33023@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> > > Might be old technology, but it still looks great! And it's more fun.
> >
> > And I'm still getting great enlargements out of my OM-1n, usually using
the
> > 50/1.8 prime, though occasionally I drag out the 75-150 zoom for stuff
I'm
> > not really going to blow up.
> >
> > Camera won't break or run out of batteries when you're miles from
anywhere,
> > either ;-)
> >
> > Gareth.
>
> are there any other lense families that are compatible with Olympus
> OM10 or only the zuiko's? Are there new newer models designed to fit
> old camera bodies like the NIkon ranage...?
> thanks
> ian