Sure, Steve I'm from Denver and I know of these two shops. But, really, I wasn't
hiding anything. Just look at your list, either stuff is broke or overpriced.
Even the screens Technik has they want $25 for. These go regularly for $10 on
eBay. Of the two sties, I have had better luck with Technik. Picked up a T20
connector there for $7 and recently got an RC parts camera for $10. Hey, I also
know of a shop with a 4ti for $650, but I'm not bragging them up. The best deals
I've ever gotten were at Mike's camera in Boulder. Got a 1.4xa there for $100
once. Also got a an MD2 and Nicad pack for $150, but they turned out to be
defective. They did cheerfully refund. One often here's "The Camera Trader"
recommended as the largest used camera store in the area (it's on Hamden in
Englewood), but I have not seen much Oly kit there.
>>> Steve Goss <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx> 07/26/00 08:27pm >>>
Is there anyone on the list from Denver Colorado? If so, it looks like you
have been hiding some nice camera shops. The first one I checked out was
Technik Camera, on South Broadway. They had some nice looking type 4 shoes
$30, and both type 1 & 2 shoes. No OM camera bodies, though. Among other
things, they had a 135mm macro lens plus telescoping tube in nice shape for
$475. It includes the proper deep back cap. Also, they had a 24mm f2.0 for
$350, and a 21mm f3.5 for $250. Both of these lenses have been heavily used.
It's the first time I've seen brassing on the lens flange, from mounting &
unmounting lenses. The main reason the 21mm is less is that the iris does not
work at all. No matter what aperture used, nothing happens when you press the
stop down button or flick the lever on the back of the lens. When I mentioned
that the iris did not work, the first response was that the lens probably
needed to be on a camera to work the aperature. After someone in the back
looked at it, they decided that the blades were oily. I think something is
disconnected. They also had some screens, one of which was in a white box,
instead of the normal black and gold box. Their phone number is 303-789-4850.
The second place was Englewood Camera, just down the road from Technik, also on
South Broadway. They have a 55mm f1.2 for $245, a 135mm f2.8 for $135, a 35mm
f2.8 for $115, two 200mm f4's for $165 & 150, and a 135mm f3.5 for $75. They
had a bunch of bodies, including 3 OM2s's for about $300 each, and an OMPC for
$195. They even had two varimagnifiers for $175, and a Tokina ATX 28-85 for
$125. Unfortunately, I don't know their phone number.
Lastly, I ended up at Camera Traders, on West Hampden. They had a 24mm f2.8
for $225, a 28mm f3.5 for $85, and a 28mm f2.8 for $125, Winder 1 for $95, and
a very clean looking 70-150mm f4 for $150. They also had a box of stuff. In
the box was a NIB .6m ttl auto cord (curled) for $35, NIB .3m ttl auto cord
(straight) for $30, two NIB T20 connectors for $25, NIB ttl auto connector 4
for $20, NIB multi connector for $45, and a bunch of assorted diopters for $9
each. Their phone number is 303-781-5778 or 1-800-466-4755.
I don't know much about any of the places except that I had a pleasant time at
each one sifting through all the stuff.
Steve Goss, normally in Dallas, Tx usa
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