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Re: [OM] Tamron 400/4 SP /Adaptall mounts

Subject: Re: [OM] Tamron 400/4 SP /Adaptall mounts
From: "Peter S. Halpern" <phalpern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:47:46 -0500
Dear Gary;
How much was the lens?  I am about to purchase a Tamron 60-300 3.8 for just
over $150.  I just got an Adaptall-2 for OM, works wonderfully!  It was
brand new and perfect, and only cost $25!

I think I'm in love with eBay!

Best regards,
Peter

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>From: Gary Edwards <edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Tamron 400/4 SP /Adaptall mounts
>Date: Sat, Mar 13, 1999, 3:54 PM
>

>
>Just back from the Ft. Worth camera show where I got a fantastic price on a
>beautiful Tamron 400 f/4 SP with matched teleconverter.  I hope this lens is
>really as good as claimed in this list's discussions.  It surely is wonderful 
>to
>look through!  And it has an olive finish that must be less alarming to 
>critters
>than those huge white bottles crashing through the forest!  Good thing my wife 
>is
>a birder - she was actually happy that I bought it!
>
>Incidentally, I bought it off a poor, unenlightened n*k*n shooter.  I let him 
>keep
>the N Adaptall mount since I have an OM version.  Mine is one of the bad ones, 
>so
>I'll soon be filling the screw recess with epoxy to protect my OM-4Ts.  One 
>writer
>suggested removing the screw prior to filling, but I think that is not the best
>advice, considering the load applied by  that 400 mm lens.  Epoxy softens quite
>easily with heat.  If it ever becomes necessary to remove the screw, I am
>confident that a brief application of a soldering iron will allow removal of 
>the
>epoxy.
>
>The only downside to this gloat is that I'm leaving once again for NM tomorrow 
>and
>I can't take it with me to try out.  Oh well, spring is coming.
>
>Gary Edwards
>
>
>
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