Olympus OM-2

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The Olympus OM-2 is a professional single-lens reflex (SLR) film system camera manufactured by Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., later Olympus Corporation, in Japan between 1975 and 1988. The Olympus OM-2 is an aperture-priority automatic-exposure camera (with full manual operation selected via switch), based on the earlier, successful Olympus OM-1 body. The OM-2 was introduced in 1975, and combined the light, sturdy camera body style of the manual-only OM-1 with a new automatic exposure system. One of the main selling points of the OM-2 was that all the OM-1 accessories and lenses would fit without modification, offering a compact system and an easy upgrade path for OM-1 owners. A number of famous photographers used the OM-2, including Patrick Lichfield, Kon Sasaki, Don McCullin, Roy Morsch, Jacques Schumacher, Robert Semeniuk, and James Sugar. Of the many features the OM-2 boasted, the most commonly advertised feature was that it was the first camera to offer a through-the-lens (TTL) direct metering system for film, named Auto Dynamic Metering (ADM). This "off the film" metering was the method's first ever release in a camera. Another feature of the OM-2 was the integration of two available electronic flash guns into the system. The camera set the duration and intensity of the flash during exposure using its inbuilt sensors by measuring the amount of light reflected off the film. This ensured excellent results under difficult conditions.