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Everyone chant OM…
Further to John Wade’s ‘Film Stars’ (AP 26 March), in the summer of 1963 I purchased an Olympus Pen S 35mm half-frame camera, and upgraded to an Olympus Pen F, 35mm half-frame SLR in 1966.
I shot mainly colour slides, and from January 1967 to July 1968, I documented the city of Cambridge, whilst working and living there.
In 2008, my wife and I began making digital audio-visual (AV) sequences. Using a Nikon 9000 ED film scanner we digitised the half frame transparencies and produced an AV sequence based on our memories, entitled ‘Cambridge Remembered’. The quality of the scans was exceptional, considering the age of the original transparencies (see above Kodachrome 25 image of King’s College Cambridge taken on 23 March 1967), and is a testament to the technology of Kodachrome 25 and Ektachrome 64 films. The AV sequence was very well received, winning us a PAGB Silver Medal, and a number of international awards.
Since 1975 I have used Olympus 35mm OM-series film cameras, and now have a digital OM Systems OM-1 camera which we use to produce our AV sequences. As one of the world’s leading optical companies, the technology behind Olympus and OM Systems cameras and lenses is, in my opinion, second to none.
Thanks for this interesting letter, Malcolm, looking back on your storied photographic career. It’s great to see Olympus’s camera and lens division reborn as OM System, which continues to bring out world-class products. There are indeed many passionate and long-term Olympus/ OM System users, as you exemplify.
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