June 9th, 7:15 AM
Odometer: 759.0
Roll 3 on way - Notes later.
I'm almost at Stinson Beach, 15-20 miles north of San Fran.
This was supposed to be of Golden Gate, but I didn't look closely enough.
Doug was right about 28 mm lens & Adidas warmups, but I think I also want a thermometer.
1974: For the trip I had bought one of the first Olympus OM-1 cameras. Light weight, rugged, completely manual, and wonderful to use. In addition to the stock 50 mm lens, I bought a 135 mm telephoto lens, and my brother strongly recommended I buy a 28 mm wide-angle lens. It turns out he was right, I used it more than the 50mm lens.
Before the trip I shot one roll of black and white film, mostly of a tape measure stretched out along the floor and one of Kodachrome 64, a brand new and exciting replacement for Kodachrome II, the previous standard for slide film. I developed the B&W film myself, I think I printed one image, but looked at the rest through a microscope to see how sharp the optics were. I was suitably impressed. At least there were no flaws noticable. I sent the Kodachrome film to Kodak for processing, and had them send it home to Ohio, but it didn't arrive until after I left. I'll save some further notes for the June 22nd entry from the North Cascades.
2009: I wanted the thermometer to see how cool it was. On our 2003 tour in the northwest, I finally got one which confirmed that the temperature was over 100° in the shade of my handlebar bag.
The OM-1 still works, but I haven't shot any film in several years. There is some foam around the viewfinder prism that is breaking down. I really wish Olympus had come out with a digital back for it. The optics are still great, and in general I want manual focusing far more frequently than I want automatic focusing.
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Written 2024 Apr 30, last updated 2024 Apr 30.