My New Favorite Camera?

Oh hey, didn’t see you there!

It’s been a little bit since I made a blog post, but i thought I should take a second to talk about one of my new most prized possessions

The Olympus OM-10

My dad recently passed this camera down to me and I have to admit, I’m in love. Some of you might know I’ve been obsessed with point and shoots lately, namely because I’ve found that when I do street photography I want something small, quick, and without the hassles of manual settings. That being said, there is an element of control I lose when I use one of my two point and shoots (the Olympus Superzoom 800 and the Lumix DMS LX5), namely: quality. Both cameras are zooms, and the LX5 lacks megapixels while the Superzoom has an uncomfortable range of 40-80mm. I found myself torn between the inconveniences of my mirrorless camera and my point and shoots…

…Enter OM-10!

The Olympus OM-10 is an Aperture Priority 35mm SLR, in layman’s terms it automatically chooses your shutter speed for you (aperture is set on the lens, ISO by the film). Because I shoot almost all street photos at f/5.6, I essentially have an automatic camera which shoots my favorite 28mm prime length, is small and lightweight but supremely sharp and capable, and also looks sick!

I’ve only used this camera a couple of times because ya boi is poor and cannot afford film, but I’m already in love with this camera. It’s nice and easy to carry around and like I said before, the thing is damn sexy. It blows my mind that my dad was using the very same camera in the late 1970’s (see proof below). This thing has aged like a fine wine, and it may not be a Leica or a classic Nikon, but it is indisputably the best film camera I have ever used.

My mom, dad, and favorite camera - c.a. late 1970’s

Check out me taking this camera to the streets in my new video below!