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*** April 2026 Image & Video Thread ***

Travis Butler said:
After talking about the OM Zuiko 24/2.8 this past week, I realized it'd been too long since I used it, so I spent yesterday afternoon shooting exclusively with it.

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20260404-SDIM0086 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, OM Zuiko 24/2.8

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20260404-SDIM0096 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
For Pete!

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20260404-SDIM0103 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Once, there were Winsteads all over the metro area. Today, there are just two. ;_;

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20260404-SDIM0120 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

I'm not sure if this was anything before it was a hotel; reviews speak of oddly-shaped rooms. It appears to be closed now, but there are reviews as recently as January of last year.

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20260404-SDIM0135 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

And this communal house had a fire sometime in the not-too-distant past.

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20260404-SDIM0142 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

At least this is a happier story. It opened as the Katz Drugstore about 90 years ago, and went through several ownership changes before closing as an Osco Drug in 2006. It sat mostly vacant for years before finally getting bought for redevelopment in 2021. After an initial surge of work that saw the interior torn out and the building left as a shell, it again sat idle for years.

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20221119-P1000546 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Lumix S5, MD Rokkor-X 50/1.4

But now, it looks like the work is finally almost done.

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20260404-SDIM0144 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
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An interesting set Travis. It's amazing how good those old OM lenses are. I have the 24/2.8 too but seldom mount it on my L mount bodies.

But I'm planning an outing to Oxford later this month with a few rolls of film - it's time I shot some frames with the old OM1.
 
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