I really don't think an Olympus OM-D will have much in common with an OM1. The world has moved on, and so much can be done in firmware that there is no point in restricting a camera's functionality to make it similar to a camera of 40 years ago, however iconic that camera might have been.

So there isn't going to be an equivalent of an OM1, or an MX, whatever the marketing people might pretend.

It's a nice thought, though. As with many things in life, cameras are becoming too damned complicated.

G

Apart from some tasteless jokes in the Pointless thread, I haven't noticed much actual sexism. Latent sexism, being latent, wouldn't be noticeable anyway.

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Well, that does depend on where the light is coming from. Shooting outside, near water for instance, it could well prevent unwanted reflections.

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They're sharp, in Sheffield.

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Are you suggesting that some parts of North Wales are warm in January? I have to say, I haven't found such a place yet, and I've been going there since 1948.

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Let nobody say you don't deserve the light you get. Being up before dawn in North Wales in January takes dedication.

And it pays off!

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Perhaps Ricoh has wised up to this. We'll shortly see it on sale again for £700.00.

Mind you, given its quality, why not?

G
(Happy owner of the F version)

I suggest you buy your wife some shoes, you cheapskate. This is no weather for sending her out barefoot, not in her condition.

Then concentrate on the matter in hand. You can tell us who was too stuck up to recognise colour at a later date.

Meanwhile, best wishes, and don't forget your camera.

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Thank you for taking a break from your researches into the history of photography to enquire about my welfare. But do hurry back to work, for you have much to learn.

Of course, you are not alone. I am presently looking for a Bateman cartoon about the man who confessed to a group of photographers that he had never heard of Ansel Adams.

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It's neither odd nor ridiculous in the light of some of the things that have been said in this thread.

Speaking for myself, and I am sure for quite a few others, the majority of photographs that I truly admire are monochrome; and the really great photographers (IMHO) are those who worked in B&W. The Bach and Beethoven of photography are Ansel Adams and HCB respectively. I challenge you to name one colour photographer whose pictures come anywhere near to the work of those two.

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