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Anonymous
Sup /p/eople

I've been using an Olympus OM-1 for a couple years, but it's breaking down ad I hate the hassle of physical film - I always need my pictures on the computer, having a middleman drives me insane. I've got 500$. I like all the manual stuff(being able to change shutter speed, iris size, focus, zoom etc), but I also need a camera that runs on those cell phone type lithium-ion batteries and not the AA batteries and such. Not looking for anything compact or capable of great video camera quality.

Care to help a newb out?
>> Anonymous
>>209394
What about the powershot G9?
>> okto !.ZlrOYZhsk
If you want something small and new, the E420 is pretty darn cheap. It's what I imagine an OM DSLR would be like.
It is a Four Thirds camera, though, so if you like wide lenses, 3:2 aspect ratio, or want the flexibility of a large system, it may not be a good option.
>> Anonymous
>>209420


You can get wide. 14mm (film equiv) is pretty wide...
>> Anonymous
>>209414
This is along the lines of what I want.
>> okto !.ZlrOYZhsk
>>209422
I was just mentioning that because there aren't very many options. If the 14 meets your needs, you're set.
>> Anonymous
>>209428
Thanks. If there's really not all that much in the type of camera and the price range, I think I would pick the Olympus E500.
>> okto !.ZlrOYZhsk
>>209432
Yeah, there really isn't. Not with decent glass, anyway. Anon is right about Zuiko glass being top-notch; it's really unfortunate that Oly married themselves to such a small sensor.
You could probably build a used DRebel/D40 kit with that, but you'll largely be stuck with a "kit" lens, and those all suck balls. They focus light in a predictable way and they're better than a pinhole, but that's about all you can say about them.

Although the pinhole can't flare...
>> Anonymous
>>209415
I just picked up a G9 recently. Any serious photography I still do with my 35mm but it's great for taking massive amounts of casual pictures (like going to museums and shit). I have 3 minor complaints about the G9, one is the lack of a bulb setting (15 sec max shutter, but anything longer than that I would probably be using my other cameras anyway), second is the rather sensitive auto-focus press on the shutter (barely moving/thinking hard is often enough to come off the focus mode), and last a weird button inconsistency in review mode where you have to use the arrows to navigate and the zoom control to select while the center button is function-less.

I'm very pleased with it overall, about as good as point and shoot cameras come (not in same league as DSLRs). It has all the expected manual features, and a very welcome manual focus. The macro is good, but I've have to override it's auto settings often on exposure and focus to get decent shots.

Random Note: The OM-1 remains one of my favorite cameras because it is completely manual and can shoot with no battery (as long as you can guess the exposure, the batt is only for the light meter). This is sort of welcome as you can't even buy the original battery anymore and either have to use a substitute and correct by weighting the ISO setting 2 stops (IIRC) or do some simple modifications.