What camera do I buy? / general gear talk

Maybe check here?
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Famously unreliable in the time when even the best ones (G2, hexar) are un repairable.

Excellent lenses though.

Buy with the thinking that you are ok to lose £££ once it dies.

Or get a leica m3 or m2. Expensive to buy but they hold their value and will outlive you.

Im looking to upgrade from my OM10 film camera to something that a bit better ...

Any of the single digit OMs will be an upgrade. It’s all 35mm though.

If you want to do bigger, more detailed prints from film really you want better scanning (I think wet scanning on a Flextight is still the ultimate but things may have changed). Slides (Velvia or Ektachrome) will enlarge with the least visible grain. If you’re doing darkroom printing then maybe slower film (Ektar, Delta 100 / Pan F), or bigger negs. Don’t forget developer types (and technique) for b&w vary hugely in grain size and acuity.

I’ve got totally satisfactory portraits from FP4 shot on a Mju II at A0. I can’t remember if that was wet scanned ... it probably was.

There’s not going to be anything 35mm that’s going to be vastly better, Olympus lenses are fine.
Most of the time when my photos aren’t sharp it’s because I haven’t kept the camera steady, or missed focus.

You can use a tripod, shoot at f8, nail focus and use films like Ektar and TMax 100. Any or all will help to keep the photo sharp

Alternatively shoot medium format whilst keeping the above in mind.

Edit - If you’re still worried about Olympus glass not being sharp enough, check out Jane Bown’s work. She shot an OM-1 for a large part of her career doing celebrity portraits and didn’t seem to have a problem with sharpness

I used a G2 and various lenses for years. Was completely bomb-proof and took the sharpest images I’ve ever got from any film camera (Leica M6ttl/summicron 50, Rolleiflex F2.8 Planar). The Zeiss lenses are extraordinary, particularly the 45 and 90 for portraits. The wides are beautiful too, but quite niche.

I know they are not now repairable but they are built like tanks!

If I was still shooting 35mm I would buy another in an instant. Just my tuppence-worth!