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Olympus OM-1
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Olympus OM-1

Olympus OM-1 35 mm SLR with a 50 mm f/1.8, renewed.

$318Buy on Amazon
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

Yoshihisa Maitani’s small, all-mechanical SLR from 1972. The battery only powers the light meter. Everything else is gears and springs, and camera repairers still know it well.

Repairable
Opens with common tools, spare parts are available, and replacement parts work without the maker unlocking them.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisOlympus OM-1
What it replacesSmart oneGoogle Pixel 10 Pro
2
Power cut
FALSE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
#DEPENDS
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
#DEPENDS
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
TRUE
#DEPENDS
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6
0 of 60/6and three maybes

The smart one is the Google Pixel 10 Pro.

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A light meter on a button cell. The rest is springs.

Olympus OM-1

$318
Repairable
Olympus OM-1$318
Buy on Amazon