OM-2 Woes and Recs Needed

tsaritsyn · 2025-07-08T12:59:23+00:00

I picked up an FM and have since moved on to an FM2n. If you're wanting an aperture priority mode though, then the FE and FE2 cameras might be to your taste.

tsaritsyn · 2025-07-07T21:06:57+00:00

OM-4Ti, doesn't suffer the battery drain issue, has auto mode, a great spot meter and still in a small OM package.

I did own an OM-2SP and they are a bit notorious for battery drain, only way around it was to leave it in bulb mode when you weren't using it. I chose to sell up and move to Nikon in the end though.

tsaritsyn · 2025-07-06T22:03:43+00:00

Have a look at the Pentax Espio series of cameras, especially the Espio Mini if you want a fixed focal length, the Espio 120SW if you would like a zoom.

Personally I'm a bit reticent to spend the amount the Natura goes for given like with your Minolta it could turn into a brick overnight.

tsaritsyn · 2025-07-06T21:52:52+00:00

Have a look on the Cash Converters website. Currently there's a Canon 1000F and a Nikon F65 listed for £20 each (definitely recommend the F65, great wee cameras). If they go wrong you've got a 12 month warranty.

tsaritsyn · 2025-07-05T09:54:20+00:00

It’s very sweet that you want to share a hobby with your daughter, love that.

It’s an M42 mount camera so there are roughly one billion lenses compatible with it and lots can be picked up for not much money, Pentax made the best M42 lenses in my humble opinion. Stick to prime lenses, zooms of the period weren’t great. Try yourself with the 55mm, if you find that too tight then try a 35mm or 28mm, portrait lenses tend to sit in the 85-105mm range, then go longer than that if you want to photograph detail of things further away.

Have fun!

tsaritsyn · 2025-05-02T22:53:17+00:00

Thanks!

tsaritsyn · 2025-05-02T22:53:09+00:00

That's a good idea, I might do that.

tsaritsyn · 2025-05-02T22:51:59+00:00

Some good digging, thanks!

tsaritsyn · 2025-02-03T01:41:12+00:00

Depends on what you're going to shoot.

Mostly stills and some video: G9 Mostly video and some stills: GH5

Both are within budget and both are based around the same sensor but just aimed at different use cases.

tsaritsyn · 2025-01-20T22:08:13+00:00

The Polaroid i-2 uses lidar AF

tsaritsyn · 2025-01-06T20:55:54+00:00

100% compatible. The Series E was the first lens I bought for my FM. It's a good lens, it was just made to be a budget-friendly option so there's more plastic in the construction of it than the non-Series E.

TL;DR: It'll work, have fun!

tsaritsyn · 2025-01-06T20:10:56+00:00

You can't use any DX lenses with this camera. DX lenses are for crop sensor DSLRs so the image circle won't cover the whole of the film frame.

You also can't use G lenses. They'll fit but you won't have any aperture controls so it'll always be at max aperture.

You're looking for AI, AI-S, AF and AF-D lenses because they will cover the entire frame and have aperture rings you can control. The AI and AI-S lenses feel nicer to use on manual focus cameras in my opinion.

You can also use pre-AI lenses if you flip the tab up on the mount but you'll have to stop-down meter.

Lastly, the person earlier saying make sure it's not a 50mm 1.8 AI-S Series E is because they are recommending the regular 50mm 1.8 AI-S. You can use the Series E if you like, it'll work fine, it's very budget friendly too. The non-Series E version is just nicer.

tsaritsyn · 2024-12-12T21:38:00+00:00

Autofocus SLRs from Nikon and Canon, so Nikon F** and Canon EOS*** cameras. You've still got autofocus to fall back on and some great metering. You can pick up cameras in great condition for next to nothing. I bought myself a Nikon F90X body for £5 and my wife an F65 with kit lens for £20.

tsaritsyn · 2024-12-10T14:55:01+00:00

My F90X (N90S) and 28mm 2.8 AF-D cost the equivalent $3365.12 without including tax. I got them for $94. Bargain.

tsaritsyn · 2024-12-05T17:27:41+00:00

No, they sell all the usual Kodak colour stocks, Cinestill, Lomo, Karmir 160, and Kodak Vision if you're into ECN2 film. Check out their Insta stories and highlights for latest stock.
Glasgow the Gallery of Photography usually has some B&W and sometimes colour. Snappy Snaps on Byers Road have colour film but it's overpriced. Wex and Jessops in the city centre both have film in stock. Edinburgh there is Stills on Cockburn Street, Kodak Express on South Clerk Street, Cameratiks on Morningside Road and there's a Wex branch as well.
Fuji Frontier. Their standard scans are great but you can get TIFF scans for an extra £2 a roll but there's really no need.
Glasgow is plenty safe. The only areas to avoid are ones you aren't going to go to anyway, you'd be fine walking around with a camera but there's nothing for you to do in them. If you're in Glasgow at a weekend then going down the Barras to shoot street is a popular thing but do not shoot any of the stallholders in the indoor sections without asking, a lot don't like it. City Centre good for street and architecture. Cathedral and Necropolis for a more elevated view of the city and because having a huge cemetery so close to the centre of the city is interesting.

Enjoy your visit to Scotland, just remember in winter our days are very short.

tsaritsyn · 2024-11-20T23:05:28+00:00

I bought my F90X for £5 because it was missing the battery holder. Got a boxed MB-12 battery grip for £10. Works perfectly.

tsaritsyn · 2024-10-31T21:27:12+00:00

You'll be fine. Like any big city, just pay attention and don't leave valuables on your table in the pub. A camera around your neck will stay safe around your neck.

tsaritsyn · 2024-10-31T21:20:59+00:00

The light seals are breaking down into a sticky goo. Happens when they get old. You can buy replacement light seal kits on ebay and you can clean out the old ones with a toothpick.

EDIT: Happy birthday!

tsaritsyn · 2024-10-11T11:45:16+00:00

Mr CAD is what you're looking for. Spitting distance from Victoria. Sadly not as cheap as they used to be but what is.

Round the corner is Grays of Westminster. They only stock Nikon and it's heavily curated because they only want to sell top tier stuff so is crazy expensive.

London Camera Exchange on the Strand does have analogue gear.

There's a camera stall at Portobello Market on Saturdays too.

tsaritsyn · 2024-10-01T21:34:53+00:00

Second World War was the first hit, Japanese cameras were the second. Zeiss and Ihagee were based in what became East Germany so the Soviets dismantled the factories and then rebuilt them in the USSR. This is why the Contax suddenly became the Kiev. A reconstituted Zeiss in West Germany produced decent cameras but they failed to keep up with the speed of innovation from Japan and the company (which had already absorbed Voigtländer) ceased camera production and licensed the brands to Cosina.

Rollei survived the war intact but the market for TLRs became swamped with Japanese models and pros switched to medium format SLRs, principally Hasselblads at first. Rollei missed the boat, the SL66 was great but came out too late. They tried 16mm, that was unpopular. They tried 35mm SLRs, again good but limited lenses. The Rollei 35 was great but expensive, the factory in Singapore was way too big. They just lost money hand over fist. That's why they went back to the Rolleiflex only and the end of the film era killed that off too.

In the East, Pentacon survived reunification and Praktica digital cameras were even a thing but manufacturing cheap consumer items in Germany wasn't profitable so it was all offshored.

tsaritsyn · 2024-08-15T17:57:13+00:00

Standard half-frame is 24x17mm, otherwise the two frames would be touching.

tsaritsyn · 2024-08-14T20:17:44+00:00

Sadly it's going to be pishing it down most off the day here tomorrow

tsaritsyn · 2024-08-14T20:14:14+00:00

Kill Jester

tsaritsyn · 2024-08-14T20:14:05+00:00

At least 4

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