Incredible series with Mr Woo. Thank you for taking the time and conducting those sessions with this knowledgeable man.

Great Video as usual Mr Woo is the best, Loved shooting with my OM2.!

Amazing,had OM1 from 1973 ,also the IS3000 . Both still work in 2024. Had flash setup and several lenses. Now use these lens with adaptor on Fujifilm XE1.

What a camera, I love mine and some of the best pics I have were taken with an OM1 or OM-10, a revolutionary Camera and the viewfinder....And it's just the sound they make, still makes me feel confident when I hear it that the pic is in the Camera. Sometimes underrated and under appreciated and part of the history of Photography. Wonderful Video, thanks.

Amazing how the manufacturers all competed at that time to bring innovation into the slr cameras. This gentleman is au fait with it all and gives an excellent demonstration. I remember buying my wife an OM1n which I subsequently used as I was taken with its lightness and simplicity of operation.Still have it thankfully.

excellent camera series with Dr Woo

Thank You John. This was extremely informative. How advanced this system was is amazing

@Photojouralist123

5 ай бұрын

Olympus was cutting edge those days

I had used the OM2 which was a great camera!

Great video John. Thank you. Great to see that flash system.

I had Olympus OM-2, Wonderful one. Thanks Mr Woo!

Love a small om-1

Thanks, a nice trip down memory lane

Ive been through an om1n and om40, great cameras! Next to try is the trip 35

Wow, this was awesome ! Thank you !

Fascinating. I had no idea Olympus metering systems were so advanced for the time. And on film too, where every shot counted.

This is a talking encyclopedia of SLR film cameras! Thank you so much for this!

@Photojouralist123

4 ай бұрын

Got more coming any requests you have let me know

Looking at and changing the battery in my Olympus OM-1 while watching your video John. Thumbs up to Mr. Woo. - Jeff

@Photojouralist123

4 ай бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the series

@Flashman36175

4 ай бұрын

Be careful the OM1 needs special battery.

I'm an Olympus shooter today and they are still 10-15 years ahead of the competition. I wasn't aware they were so far ahead in the SLR game. Impressive.

@roksraka9241

4 ай бұрын

I also shoot Olympus, but your '10-15 years ahead' claim is just completely absurd!

@awksedgreep

4 ай бұрын

@@roksraka9241 They were 10+ years ahead with lens design. All the new mounts are copying Olympus 4/3rds. No camera comes close with computational photography. Canon just recently started including intervalometers for example. It’s far from absurd, but using that word is pretty telling.

My first camera! 😍 Om2 and after this a Om3 . Still have the Om2. You don’t forget the sound it makes ….

I still keep a orginal M-1,the shutter speed not so accuracy, but I still love it.

Back in the 80’s, just before I left school I got the OM20 and then later, when I started my first job, I got the OM2SP. Nice cameras but I had a problem with OM2SP, I think with the shutter curtain; I would shoot a roll of film but only 2-3 frames would come out in random locations along the film. In the end I swapped it for a Canon EOS 600 coz I wanted AF and a built in winder. Although plastic is was another good camera. If I were to buy a film camera today, it would be either the OM2n or maybe an OM4 both in black. The OM3 is very rare and sort after as Olympus made a limited number, so is the most expensive on the used market.

Still have my OM2SP and OM4Ti which I bought back in the 80’s.

OM-3Ti is the most sought after one since they were made in small numbers

Great insight from MrWoo!! What straps are those braided ones on the om1 & 4??

Olympus pinnacle achievement came in the form of the OM-4 with its superb multi-spot metering.

@johnbarber1824

2 ай бұрын

Terribly unreliable camera that ate batteries like candies

A great shame what happened to Olympus. The OM-1 was ground breaking.

Wanted an OM-1n for ages back in the days, finally got two! Plus a fantastic range of Zuiko lenses and… digital arrived 😭

I think the best Olympus 35mm analog SLR Camera are the Olympus OM-2 Spot/Program. The OM-1 is not fast enough at 1/500 and 1/1000, so often you will get slightly overexposed images on color slide film.

Quite a learning :)

Another great talk by Mr Woo. I used to be exclusively a Nikon shooter for 35mm in the seventies and eighties. Still own and cherish a Nikon F & F2, wonderful cameras, also to look at. Was somewhat put off when Nikon brought in an Italian design company to style their camera bodies. Do not care for the futuristic styling and red lines of the F3 onward. Anyway, I always admired the Olympus OM for its small size & elegance, but alas I was already invested in Nikon. Now in later years I picked up a second hand OM-1n and OM-2n and enjoy them a lot, esp. the huge, bright viewfinder. Build quality is not so sturdy as Nikon, but it will more than do.

@sonicmistress

4 ай бұрын

"Build quality is not so sturdy as Nikon" And yet they still work after all these years....

@tatihou

4 ай бұрын

@@sonicmistress Indeed, very true! However, both the early cameras of Nikon and Olympus after so many decades need to have the light seals and the polyurethane foam above the pentaprism replaced, as it turns to goo which can damage your camera. Probably Mr Woo’s company provides such CLA-services, as do classic camera repair workshops in other parts of the world.

Mr. Woo is very knowledgeable. Too bad most people just use an I phone without any thought or creativity involved.

Great lenses, great compact size, but the radial shutter speed dial on the Olympus was too small for me, coming from a country where you get cold weather. Far better was the Nikkormat with a good tab to feel even wearing gloves.

Mori just subscribed to your channel. Did not know that you ve started a youtube channel

@Photojouralist123

5 ай бұрын

I started many years ago but just started to do more

Where can I find Olympus Camera Repair in New York City?

I have been GIVEN several OM cameras -- OM-1, OM-2n , OM10, OM2SP ! I use them in rotation with my other systems ! MY TTL flash cord does not work !

Great video :D Loved the history, is Mr Woo Singaporean?

@Photojouralist123

4 ай бұрын

No he’s from Malaysia

John how does he like the ZF??

@Photojouralist123

5 ай бұрын

Mr Woo not so interested in digital cameras but I’ll ask him

Just bought a om10 for 15 euros. Muahhahah, tmax 100 loaded