The Olympus OM-10 - my favorite film camera
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- My current absolute favorite film camera - and it's 35mm!
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Just got my Olympus om10 this week. I wanted something small and portable and was glad to find something that was also a great performing camera. Looking forward to developing my first roll.
I hope it turned out well!! Such a great camera.
The OM-10 was my first ever camera purchase in 1982. It cost a fraction over £100 brand new and the shutter adapter thing was an optional accessory I bought but never actually used. Like you, I'm overwhelmingly aperture priority by choice and with this camera, although I was given my Dad's light meter, I never really needed it because the camera itself metered very accurately. I found the manual focus method was very reliable for landscapes (almost always shot at f/11) and I've never truly needed a fast focusing camera at any time since. The 50mm f/1.8 kit lens was excellent, although having made numerous attempts to adapt it to mirrorless cameras (mainly micro four thirds) subsequently, I failed to get satisfactory results. The small size was a big advantage, although I didn't realise it at the time. It's ironic that the design of many digital cameras mimic film varieties, but hardly any are as diminutive as the OM-10.
I learned how to process film at my secondary school in the 1970s, but never tried it at home. I think if I'd done so, my photography hobby would have taken off properly more than thirty years sooner than it actually did. Perhaps I also ought to have printed my pictures larger to encourage me a bit more. To be honest, the digital experience is far more to my liking and certainly I became fairly proficient as a photographer quite quickly after buying a Panasonic Lumix G1 back in 2009. Between times, my OM-10 gathered dust, but did make a lasting impression and has been a big influence on my photography style and general approach. Keep it simple!
I know the owner of a vintage camera store. He's an old guy like me. :-) All he shoots with is Olympus film cameras. And needless to say, he can shoot with anything he wants. Epic camera collection in his vintage store.
Very cool!
Thanks for not using overwhelming jargon and explaining everything so thoroughly. I just got my OM10 and it's been very difficult finding easy-to-follow guides. thank you!
Thank you for this kind comment!! Sometimes I feel like an "imposter" because I don't speak all the technical talk but I love getting people into film!
Thank you for all that work. The thing I love most about that old Olympus cameras is their reliability, there build like a tank and just work^^. ... I dropped mine often 😉
Haha good to know! It was in great condition when I got it too.
Your work is absolutely insane. Amazing.
Thank you so much!!
Great review. I would say though honorable mention to most OM models such as 2,3,4,20,30,40..I think they all do aperture priority and most would do manual and with the shutter selection in the usual spot, not an add-on module
I found an OM-10 today in the thriftstore! Had to give it a clean, test out all the functions but it seems to be working although the lens could use a more thorough cleaning because there's some particles and dust in it. Either way, happy with it and looking forward to start shooting with it!
Love this! The OM-G (om-20) was my first 35mm camera with the 50mm Olympus lens and I agree with so much of what your saying about what you love. Thanks for this video.
It would be great if you could upload more videos on the Olympus OM10 :)
So that we can learn how to best set up in each conditions
Thanks a lot!
Would be cool to see you review a roll o film you've shot, going through the individual images :) Love your videos!
love that idea!
This is a very nice camera. I have the OM-D EM-10 Mark III, which is its digital equivalent. The OM-10 was considered primarily an amateur level camera back in the day but there is nothing wrong with preferring this camera to those farther up the line. Often amateur level cameras are smaller, lighter, and more user friendly. Of course, the photographer and the glass are the most important factors. I grew up with manual focus and use manual focus cameras exclusively when I shoot film. It does take some getting used to but it is good discipline.
Totally agree! I'm definitely starting to get used to quickly(ish) manual focusing but still learning for sure. I had the EM-10 II for about 3 years before upgrading to the EM1 but the EM10 was an awesome camera.
Some people say that Olympus gear is the poor mans Leica, I say Leica is the rich mans’ Olympus. My OM2 was a gift from my parents on Christmas when I was 16 years old. Im now turning 63 and it still running perfectly. Over the years I have added Zuiko primes lenses but the 28mm f2.8 basically lives on it. Great for street photography!
Love that!
If I may add, the OM-10 is a beautiful camera. The esthetic is also a part of it. I have two OM-10, a OM-30 and a OM-2. All are in perfect working condition.
The lenses are good quality, and an adapter to a Canon or Nikon (probably other brands as well) is cheap.
Yes so true!! I have a regular OM-10 and an OM-10 Quartz ( the black one) and can't seem to bring myself to get rid of either.
@@Arianna-zx1ro, keep them. If you don't use them, they'll look good on a shelf.
I just bought my first camera a om10 with 5 lenses flash and a "sekonic" thingy😂 camera jammed so I looked for vid. "Fixed yay" now learn from you. 👌 I'm in Australia so some great pics to come.
Enjoy!!
Great video and insight! I recently picked up this camera and it makes everything so convenient!
Thank you and you made a good choice!
Super helpful thanks! Just got an OM10 from a friend and this helped so much!
Thanks for this easy to understand video, im now even more excited to use the camera which just arrived today !
Also the shots you've taken look amazing, I hope I can get mine to turn out just as good, I am a complete novice and aware it will come with time, haha just looking forward to having something other than my phone 😅
The more you use it, the better you'll be! I still continue to improve till this day.
My favorite as well. I would like Olympus to build a full frame digital camera.
Living in Bangkok and just picked one up for quick shooting! Thank you for this video :)
so fun!! great choice :)
It is surprisingly easy to develop black and white film at home and you do not need a special space to do that. I waited way to long to start develop my own black and white film. By the way my Nikon FE and FE2 have the lock option on the shutter button, and it is a nice option because I have scrapped some shots with my Pentax K1000 which does not have this option
Ooh good to know about the FE and FE2 having the shutter lock option!
There is also 110 film, which is smaller than 35mm.
Congrats on the 1k subscribers! I would lose that shutter speed module. I'm pretending I didn't see that Fuji 645. Maybe a video on that one.
Haha there will def be a video in the future on the 645. Great camera.
the photos that you showed are amazing, i loved the colors and framing so much! What film did you use?
It's actually no problem at all to develop film at home; all you need is developing tank and a changing bag. I've developed in the kitchen, bathroom, hallway, cellar, even outside if conditions where right (temperature wise).
But to make actual darkroom prints, that I can understand, that's all another ball game, a problem I'm facing myself.
i dont know wich on eshould i buy? minolta srt 101 or canon ae-1 or olympus om10...
Thank you for this review 😊
Thanks for watching!
I was just shooting my Olympus OMG today. Yes LOL it is called OMG. I am told it is the OM20 by another name. It looks like your OM10 but it also has manual mode built in. I bought it at a yard sale with the 50mm 1.8 for $20 and today I was shooting Kodak Portra 160 NC from 2002.
I got the omg, almost baught the om10 but with the omg i dont have to buy an adapter
Hello im a new subscriber and i would love to see some wide-angled lens film photography on arcitecture.
Thank you for subscribing! That's actually not really my style of photography but I'm sure there are lots of other photographers you can follow who shoot wild-angled architecture film photos!
💢 ZONE focus is like "aperture priority " - but for FOCUS. 😃🎞📸
what are the olympus glass u have ? and recommended?
someone please explain to me why someone would ever change the exposure meter instead of just changing the f-stop under normal shooting circumstances or even when there's light in the background this makes no sense to me
Thank you for sharing.
You’re really pretty btw ✨
Nice video! Where did you get the lid lense holder?
If you get the omg you wont need to buy adapters to shoot manual
Last year I bought om10 in mint condition. But since then I have shot only few rolls. It's way too expensive to shoot for ten rolls or so of film a month.
I like your photos and the colors. What film do you use? I’m not shooting film myself, only digital, but some day I’d like to try to shoot some film 😊
Portra 400! Love that film stock.
Thanks for the reply!
The link to your Portfolio doesn’t work.
Nice video on Om10. I have one which has a strange issue. Eats up battery very fast. A few snaps and the batteries are dead. Have you come across such issue?
i haven't personally had any battery issues so unfortunately i can't help with that! is there some kind of indication you have that the batteries are dead?
Curious I don’t know if it’s the same or similar the Nikon fm2n locks when you push the winder back in the camera and if you try to press it it does not press. When your ready to use it just pull the winder out and shoot don’t know if it’s the same as that?
Ahh i just checked and unfortunately not. That's such a cool idea though!
As a noob taking this on vacation are there any of reliable general aperture setting you would suggest for portrait? Landscape? Close up?
ooh fun! for portraits and close ups, i usually stick to around 2.8. I find that 1.8 is great but can often be TOO shallow of a depth of field (ex. when taking a photo of my dog at f1.8, her nose will be in focus but eyes will be out of focus already). As for landscapes, i stick to higher numbers (around 8 and 11). I find that I still want it open enough where my shutter speed is relatively fast. When capturing the "moments" (ex. people, pets, etc.), i usually stick to around 2.8-4 again in lighter environments so I can capture motion without motion blur (unless that's your cup of tea). Hopefully that helped!
@@Arianna-zx1ro Thank you so much!
Hii What lens did you use for the photos at 8:08 please?
I have an OM10 that is showing faults in the electrical part. I use the adapter to manually set the speed. Can you tell me if even without the electrical part working this adapter works normally to set the speed? Or if without the electrical part, how fast is the camera shooting.
Hey there - unfortunately I have no idea. In a situation like this I'd typically take it in to my local camera store and ask them. Sorry I couldn't help! I would think you could still manually shoot it without the light meter but I haven't actually tried.
Hi! I'm beginning to be interested in film camera. Can I ask if will be able to save the pictures to our laptops? How?
By getting a scanner and putting it on your computer
Hi, can I still shot in automatic settings if I have adapter on or should I remove the adapter?
The OM-10 is a fully manual film camera, but if you're talking about using the lens on a digital camera, you can shoot partially automatically but not fully!
it takes no space or much time to develop black and white film or c41. Now go out and get an OM-4 or OM-4Ti :)
Great video, which colour film do you prefer?
Thank you! and portra 400 is by far my favorite
Sound, I will try it out , thank you
Why dont you do a fuji review on your channel
help me choose. Canon eos 3000 or the rebel s? thanks
I don’t have experience with either, sorry!
The OMG is a step above the om10
What kind of film did you use for the beach photo?
I believe Portra 400!
What film do you recommend for it?
my favorites are kodak portra 400 and ultramax 400!
@@Arianna-zx1ro thank you!
The OM-10 is a dreadful camera. (I'm sorry - I almost never comment negatively to someone's video, but I hope to save someone's frustration and money by deterring them from wasting their money on this undependable camera.) The electromagnetic shutter often fails, so the camera is useless without the manual adapter. I had mine repaired twice before I realized it just wasn't worth the trouble. Also it has a lot of plastic internals - it's just not a quality camera. The Zuiko lenses are terrific, so save some frustration and get an OM-1, 2, 3, or 4. I have an OM-4ti, and in my opinion, that's the Olympus camera to have. The 1s and 2s are also very good, but more basic cameras without automatic exposure.
I have yet to have an issue with either of mine but very much appreciate this info! Hopefully it helps others!
Your teeth amazing
I like your videos but why do they need to flick and jump much? Makes me uneasy and I find it difficult to just relax and enjoy the content.
Other than that, brilliant.🌺🥂
Sorry about that! I'm still getting used to being in front of the camera so I cut out a lot of stuff when I stutter or the microphone picks up on me taking a breath of air. I will keep that in mind but thanks for the comment!
@@Arianna-zx1ro hope you didn’t take my moaning badly. As I said, I love your the content of your videos. And thanks for sharing.🥂