Thanks for sharing your review, It is much appreciated

At last! A truly exceptional review of the remarkable OM-2s/OM-2 spot/program! You, sir, are praised! A minor point: Olympus recommended (after a brief stint) the use of two silver oxide batteries ONLY. Lithium and alkaline substitutes are not reliable. To adhere to Mr. Maitani's design requirements, his cameras had to be instantly useable without any action taken by the user -- "press the button and shoot". As a result, certain portions of these cameras circuitry were always "on", even when the camera was ostensibly "off". As a result, there is always a minute amount of current drain. (You can check this with a ammeter across the positive batteries in the chamber and the body -- after 90 seconds or so of uninterrupted power, the battery drain will drop, but never down to 0a.) Alkaline, and especially lithium, batteries cannot endure this drain, however minor it may be. Even so, you can expect silver oxides to die in six to twelve months, even with the camera sitting on a shelf. Of course, to extend battery life, you can remove them -- but you should be doing that anyway! Some of these were known to develop loose shoes and strap lugs, as well as erratic ASA/ISO inputs. After the knob is left undisturbed for a day or so, watch the meter display as you move the ASA -- if it jumps up and down for a moment, you've got "erratic meter disease"! It's an easy fix for a knowledgeable tech (shoe and lugs, too), but you can get by with periodically turning the knob back and forth once or twice before shooting. An interesting difference between the two generations of bodies (the OM-1/1n/2/2n and the later OM-2s/4/3/4T, etc.) is that the earlier models were built from the body castings out, layer by layer, while the later models were much more "modular" -- shutter assemblies made in one factory, wind assembly in another, etc, then "inserted" into a body casting. Made repairs a bit more difficult, but that's technology!

Thank you for the video. I know nothing about photography but I found this camera today at a garage sale for $15 and I'm very excited to learn. Also, you sound kind of like Lemme from Motorhead!

Thanks for sharing this.I’ve just received this camera and look forward to using it.Happy Christmas to you.

ive got an OM2spot and for a while used it to take stage and theatre photos. I changed the viewing screen for one made by Beattie which gives far better clarity and luminousity than the original. Easy to change screens, catch is just under the pentaprism...

Thanks for posting this!

I think "B" is for bulb, optionally holding the exposure open for time exposures

Great video but surprised you don't mention any of the many faults with the camera such as battery eating and viewfinder exposure meter failing...

Hi just bought one of these the batteries were flat so changed them I have tried to press the shutter release button but nothing happens. Apparently this can happen when the batteries were flat and it locks. Apparently there is a procedure to unlock this does anyone have any ideas how this can be done in layman’s terms? Thanks

At 10:31, do you say "B as back-up"?!

Awesome video Big Will! I love my OM-2sp, and running a second roll of film thru now, to make up for some of my mistakes on the last one. This is my original camera from those times past. www.rsdunphyphotography.com/om2s