Ron,
Try B&H in New York. You have a distinct disadvantage of being in a rather
remote location even for mail order. Unlike some other outfits, they don't
try to make all their profit on S&H charges. Their web site is here:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
The problem you will encounter is their site and monthly (??) catalog don't
show much in the way of OM equipment. However I have found even if it
isn't in the catalog or on their site, it's worth a call (should be a 1-800
number). More often than not they have or can get it easily. Some low
ticket and/or slow moving items are not worth taking up the print space to
list. If it's not something listed with a B&H catalog number, try make
sure you can describe exactly what it is you are looking for including a
manufacturer part number. They have an excellent reputation overall.
Pricing on *new* items is typically very competitive. Used hardware
however is priced high compared to other, good sources.
You may find some other mail order sources, new or used, for OM hardware on
the internet. Some are good and some are dogs. A good resource to check
out what the consensus is about a particular dealer/store is Phil
Grenspun's "photo.net" neighbor-to-neighbor section on camera stores. You
can access his database on camera stores here:
http://www.photo.net/neighbor/one-subcategory.tcl?id=2
Nobody has a perfect reputation in his database, but for the ones that have
a large number of postings, it's not hard to sort out The Good, The Bad and
The Ugly.
-- John
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