Sorry about the gaffe, John. Being new to Oly, and having never seen a 2N, I
assumed it had the light. What you see when you look at that place of the front
of the camera where the light is on the -4 and -4T is the self timer lever and a
circle through which you can see the inside works of the camera. I'm almost
positive that this is a 2N, but I could have made a mistake about that, too.
Thanks for your response.
John
John Hermanson wrote:
> Are you talking about a 2N? If so, the comment about the "battery check
> light on the front" is confusing as there is no battery check light on the
> front.
> I can't even guess without seeing the bodies. Some stuff from pawn shops is
> as bad as an ebay "bargain".
>
> John
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> From: John Pendley <jpendley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 5:14 PM
> Subject: [OM] Pawn Shop Olys
>
> > Help, John Hermanson!
> > I went on my first pawn shop forray today and found three Olys. The
> > most interesting one is a -2n in what I would call Ex condition but for
> > one problem--more later. The body is clean, with ordinary paint loss at
> > corners, etc. The battery check light on the front is missing; the self
> > timer lever is still there. I ran through the shutter speeds and didn't
> > *hear* anything suspicious. But when I tried the self timer, the mirror
> > locked up, and nothing we could do would get it back down again. I
> > suspect that the missing battery check light is not the only thing wrong
> > there. It has a very clean 50/1.8 on it. The guy has it priced at
> > $189, but when the mirror froze, he said I could have it and the lens
> > for $100. I'm wondering what the odds might be on having it repaired
> > and still having some room for profit on eBay. I know you can only
> > estimate its problems, but what do you think?
> > He also had a -1md, no lens for $100, in better shape than the 2n, maybe
> > Ex+ condition, except that it's missing the crank handle on the rewind
> > knob.
> > Finally, there was an OM-10 with 50/1.8 for $90. It may be a little
> > rougher cosmetically than the -2n.
> > I'm excited to have found something on my first attempt, but I don't
> > know if any of is worth buying. A quick look at the history of -2n
> > sales on eBay suggests that it might not be, unless the fix is fairly
> > easy.
> > Regards,
> > John Pendley
> >
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