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Jul 04, 2017
As expected
1 of 1 found this helpful It is not the fanciest film out there. It is difficult to scan, in terms of getting proper colors. I spend roughly 2 hours photoshopping 39 frames that I get from normal 36 shot film. But then again, if one scans with dedicated high quality scanners, results are reasonably good. They say that Fuji C200 and Agfaphoto Vista 200 are the same. I don't know for sure, but Agfaphoto looks better. Fuji, however, is the cheapest non-expired film you can buy. So it pays off. I'm going to buy it again.
Dec 19, 2017
Affordable and convenient
This is the cheapest and simplest of all OM system cameras. But don't get me wrong - it takes great pictures thanks to Zuiko lenses and let's face it - most of the time "Aperture Priority" mode is all that an amateur needs. It is much more affordable than any single-digit OM camera, of course built quality isn't that great, but hey, it's still metal!
P.S. There are lots of resources on the Internet which claim this camera to be unreliable due to magnet problem. But what actually happens is that the magnet needs a bit of cleaning. There's a Youtube tutorial for that and it's piece of cake. The one I have purchased had the aforementioned problem, which was successfully eliminated. So all in all, still a great value.
Oct 04, 2017
Good camera, BUT
I wanted to upgrade from my OM-1N to OM-2N and then I thought, "why not upgrade to OM-2S instead?" It works well, spot metering is a blessing at night, but there are a few irritating things. First of all, the dreaded and well-known battery drain. It's nearly impossible to use a camera after storing for one week if I use Alkaline cells. Has to be Silver Oxide, otherwise they are depleted. Second, if I use viewfinder illumination, it also kills the battery pretty quickly. I've heard they fixed these issues only in "T" versions of OM-4 which are obviously expensive, so I just keep a fresh pair of batteries wherever I go, just in case if OM-2S decides to die on me.