Olympus OM-1n

Designed by Yoshihisa Maitani, the Olympus OM-1 was produced to challenge the Nikon F range of cameras by producing a smaller, lighter and quieter 35mm SLR.  It was first launched in 1972 as the M-1, but after a complaint from Leica it was renamed the OM-1: the OM-1n is a later version that has extra flash functions. This is an all mechanical manual camera with the batteries only required to power the TTL exposure metering, this being  indicated by a needle in the viewfinder. There is no other information in the viewfinder i.e. the selected shutter speed and aperture, unlike the Pentax MX and Nikon FM which have indicators for these settings.

I use the following Olympus Zuiko lenses: 28mm F3.5, 35mm F2.8, 50mm F1.8, 135mm F3.5, 35-70mm F4, 70-150 F4 and the 80mm F4 1:1 Macro lens.

The name Zuiko, pronounced Z(u)weeko, is an abbreviation for the Olympus optical plant written in Chinese and can be translated as "Golden Light".

A superb camera complemented by the range of excellent Olympus Zuiko lenses.

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