My dad said he had a SLR camera before...
So I went to the store room to search for it...
Introducing the Olympus OM101 PowerFocus~
Sadly this SLR camera is already spoilt...
The shutter is jammed and both the lenses have fungus in them...
The external flash doesn't work too...
I was actually kinda hoping that the external flash is still functioning...
But I later realized that the contact points on the flash are placed differently from the external flash slot on my D90...
Ah wells~
The reason it's called an "SLR" and not a "DSLR" is because it runs on film...
"SLR" stands for "Single Lens Reflex"...
"DSLR" stands for "Digital Single Lens Reflex"...
You wouldn't use film for a digital camera now would you? (you can't in the first place!)
The sad part about film cameras is that you can't review your pictures on the spot...
You'd need to get it printed out then only you can see how the picture turned out...
And buying film and getting the photos printed isn't cheap...
That's why back in the days when your parents were still young...
Photography was considered an expensive hobby (still is actually)...
Anyways...
Let's take a closer look at the kit...
If I'm not mistaken...
This should be a macro lens since it says 50mm at the side...
A shot with the 50mm lens attached to the body...
Next up we have the 135mm lens...
The "inscriptions" on the lens is so different (at least I think it is) from the modern lenses that we have today...
A shot with the 135mm lens attached to the body...
There is one funny thing about the 135mm lens...
The front part of it can be extended (picture below)...
I'm still trying to figure out what it is/what it does...
A lens hood perhaps?
This is what I believe to be the command dial(s) for adjusting the aperture (upper dial) and shutter speed (lower dial)...
(click on this image to get a closer look)
I have absolutely no clue what is this dial for...
I'm guessing that it is the on/off dial...
(click on this image to get a closer look)
The self timer button and power focus dial...
There was this chart at the back of the external flash...
No idea how to read it...
(click on this image to get a closer look)
Here are a few more shots of the OM101...
That's all for today...
I'll upload the Fellowship night pictures on another day...
Most probably tomorrow...
Look forward to it ba~
Ciaos people~
..........................................................................................................................................
Quote of the day:
"Gone were the days where film camera's was the in thing..."
-Julian Chong-
So I went to the store room to search for it...
Introducing the Olympus OM101 PowerFocus~
Sadly this SLR camera is already spoilt...
The shutter is jammed and both the lenses have fungus in them...
The external flash doesn't work too...
I was actually kinda hoping that the external flash is still functioning...
But I later realized that the contact points on the flash are placed differently from the external flash slot on my D90...
Ah wells~
The reason it's called an "SLR" and not a "DSLR" is because it runs on film...
"SLR" stands for "Single Lens Reflex"...
"DSLR" stands for "Digital Single Lens Reflex"...
You wouldn't use film for a digital camera now would you? (you can't in the first place!)
The sad part about film cameras is that you can't review your pictures on the spot...
You'd need to get it printed out then only you can see how the picture turned out...
And buying film and getting the photos printed isn't cheap...
That's why back in the days when your parents were still young...
Photography was considered an expensive hobby (still is actually)...
Anyways...
Let's take a closer look at the kit...
If I'm not mistaken...
This should be a macro lens since it says 50mm at the side...
A shot with the 50mm lens attached to the body...Next up we have the 135mm lens...
The "inscriptions" on the lens is so different (at least I think it is) from the modern lenses that we have today...
A shot with the 135mm lens attached to the body...There is one funny thing about the 135mm lens...
The front part of it can be extended (picture below)...
I'm still trying to figure out what it is/what it does...
A lens hood perhaps?
This is what I believe to be the command dial(s) for adjusting the aperture (upper dial) and shutter speed (lower dial)...
(click on this image to get a closer look)I have absolutely no clue what is this dial for...
I'm guessing that it is the on/off dial...
(click on this image to get a closer look)The self timer button and power focus dial...
There was this chart at the back of the external flash...
No idea how to read it...
(click on this image to get a closer look)Here are a few more shots of the OM101...
That's all for today...
I'll upload the Fellowship night pictures on another day...
Most probably tomorrow...
Look forward to it ba~
Ciaos people~
..........................................................................................................................................
Quote of the day:
"Gone were the days where film camera's was the in thing..."
-Julian Chong-
1 comments:
Hmm
You love photography but don't recognise a lenshood? Good grief! The reason the camera may not work is that often the battery contacts both on the cover and inside the unit get covered with a this oxidised film. A rub with a pencil eraser usually clears this.. The ones on the end of pencils can reach down into the body...
There is a COMPLETE guide to your camera here: http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/Oly_OM88.pdf
So.. also the second lens is from a manual focus Olympus and will not work with the power focus function. Lastly why should a 50mm lens be a macro? Focal length is nothing to do with macro / non macro! Most macro lenses are usually longer than 50mm in focal length as otherwise one is far too close to the object one is photographing! 90 - 105mm lenses are more common for macro work, giving a 1:1 representation of the subject.
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