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Re: [OM] SJ Camera Show: Where is Gary Schloss?

Subject: Re: [OM] SJ Camera Show: Where is Gary Schloss?
From: Gary Schloss <schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 11:39:08 -0800
Andre Goforth wrote:

>I made the Camera Show in San Jose and found a box with one humonguous
>Soligor, one 35 shift, one OM 2 not working, one OM1n black + winder 2,
>etc. $650. I passed. Not much else. Seems the pickens getting slimmer and
>slimmer. Went back to bargain with the dude on his gear. It was all or
>nothing.

Hmm, sorry I had to miss this show -- a 35mm shift is always a tempting
prospect, and a humonguous Soligor might also be interesting... Some
Soligors are good buys, e.g. the 200/f2.8 tele and 24-45/f3.5-4.5 zoom.

>[I met] the Olympus Guy, Paul Van Tuyl!  He was very helpful. As Gary
>Schloss said Paul is one physically fit Texan.

Hey, I also said that the Olympus Guy is a rather nice guy. To all PvT
haters out there: pls, sit on your hands -- there's no point in starting
yet another food fight (YAFF) on the subject. :-)

>Heard that some European buyers had gone through the show and bought
>the interesting Oly gear.

Hmm, it used to be exclusively the domain of Japanese/Korean/Taiwanese
dealers. Some were paying BIG bucks, esp. for collectibles. I guess,
this party is over for now.

Someone pointed out to me this tall, thin German dealer who supposedly
comes to all major West Coast camera shows (Buena Park, San Mateo,
San Jose, and sometimes even Pasadena), and buys mostly OM/Zuiko stuff.
Next time I see him, I'll try to find out where is his store (or storage?).

Cheers,


/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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