A birding friend of mine picked up her OM-1 today and then met up with me to guide her through some of the fundamentals of use. Two hours later, I can honestly say, I have never seen anybody so excited when using a camera, OMS have got something right.
For me it ended up going much further than just "fun". On a lark after encouraging a friend of mine that shoots sports trying an OM-1 out, since it happened (rare indeed) to be in stock I said to myself what the heck, I'll play with one for a bit. I already had 7 top RF lenses along with a higher rez R5 FF camera system I use for my business.
What I did NOT expect was aside from it being so darned fun to use, that it acted in all manner as a professional tool without fail. The focus capabilities really astonished me as it did my friend. He tried an R5, Z9 and A1 sending them all back. That alone surprised the heck out of me thinking for sure one of those would meet all his needs. Aside from the so called kit (12-40 f2.8 Pro) lens I just had to try out a 40-150 f2.8 Pro lens on it to see just how good it was. Well, long story short that tipped me over the edge. I took my R5 and the OM-1 out over a week of shooting birds and landscapes. The OM-1 won me over so much that I had to realize the R5 package was going to spend far too much time in it's backpack with it's lenses than made sense.
I opted to begin adding more Pro glass to complete my needs from wide to long and sold off all the Canon gear. I've not been sorry one day having done so. It's all paid off now and I have a lens for every occasion and need. My Real Estate, Portrait and Landscape work is all set. So while I NEVER expected this to be the outcome "FUN" indeed factored in in a big way only leading up to the shear performance of the new system taking this to a whole other level.
