What Olympus camera did you start with?

[demiro]

E-PL1 for me. Loved the colors on that one, especially blue skies.

Here it is, with some manual lens options that I sold much too cheaply. Pardon my early foray into creative editing...

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[davidzvi]

E-PM1 and 14-42 IIR.

My wife and I were headed out on a road trip and the smallest thing I had was at pair of D700s and a 28-105 AF-D. I found a refurbished kit cheap. The E-PM1 and 14-42 were lighter than the 28-105 alone. I was hooked. I had played with the E-M5.1 and loved the feel, but it was too much $$ at the time to start with.

Here' a link to a gallery from the trip:
https://www.myrandomeye.com/Public-Galleries/Vacations-and-Road-Trips/2012-Vacation-Roadtrip/

 

[Gonewest]

A second-hand, black OM4, bought in 1992 when my Pentax SLR let me down. I absolutely loved, and still own that OM4 and a couple of small Zuiko lenses.

 

[scb]

My first Olympus camera was the E 520 with the two kit lenses and was my first camera with interchangeable lenses. With that camera, It was a great tool for me to begin to learn about photography. Prior to that, my first digital camera was a Sony Cybershot point and shoot followed by a Panasonic FZ-20 bridge camera.

 

[pake]

E-PL1 about a decade ago.

 

[rrwilliams64]

Olympus C-5060

(then on to M43 later ---> E-M5, E-P5, E-M1, E-M5 II, E-M1 II and a few E-M10 and E-M10 II's sprinkled in ?)

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[Petrochemist]

Sorry, I'm yet to get an Olympus camera (I think my wife still has the Olympus trip she used going round the world somewhere)
For real photography I started with a Pentax ME back in the 1980s, switched to digital with some useless compacts (1990s) & later a Pentax DSLR (2010), then went increasingly mirrorless with the Panasonic G1 (2013)...
I do have five Olympus lenses (mostly in MFT mount), which is more than I have Panasonic lenses.

There are a few features on some of the later Olympus bodies that I'd like, but nothing useful enough to justify upgrading my G5 for a few years yet.

 

[steve16823]

Learned the basics on my father’s Olympus 35sp rangefinder starting about 1980 (Age 9). When I was a teenager, I bought an OM-2S. With the exception of a short affair with a Konica-Minolta A2, I’ve used Olympus ever since.

 

[Shadetree]

My first Olympus was an XA and it was used as my travel camera when riding my motorcycles. Had a piece of rawhide attached to the wrist strap which served as a neck strap so pictures could be taken while riding, worked out very well. Have had several since then and presently use a EM5.1, an EM1.1 and a Pen F.

 

[RichardC]

I bought the Olympus EPL-2 Twin Lens Kit.

My previous Olys were an OM-1 and an OM2 Spot Program (the world's first disposable camera).

 

[Bob in Pittsburgh]

E-PL7 with two kit zooms, purchased November 2016 (I think). It still takes great photos.

 

[apete]

Reading you guys I feel like a newbie!
My first Oly was/is E-M1 Mark III

 

[JonSnih]

Reading you guys I feel like a newbie!
My first Oly was/is E-M1 Mark III

A newbie with a pro tool! Great photos guaranteed ?

 

[moonraker]

E-510 to em5.1 to em1.2 waiting for em1.4!

 

[hernan]

OMD OM 10 MK I 2014

 

[MetilHed]

Olympus c4040Z, E-500, E510, E620, E1, E3, EM1 m1, EM5 m1, EM1 m2, EM1x.

 

[Sniksekk]

Em10 mk1

 

[pgolik]

OM-10 (film), much later E-PL8 (digital).

 

[emorgan451]

My first one was the original E-M5 with the 17mm pancake. I bought it used locally and was in love with it except for the mushy buttons! It was such a big step up from the Samsung NX10 that I had bought to sample photography with at a bargain price.

 

[Z-Shooter]

Film - 35RC (still have it!)
Digital - E-M10