Tom, don't feel bad.
I also fell off the wagon last week; it felt sooooo goooood! Another rung
achieved in the 12-stop program.
A beautiful 85/2 arrived today . . . while the other half is out of town .
. . and traveled effortlessly through the house from the front door to a
lens case in the camera bag.
Pristine condition, about an EX++ or LN-, with no preceeding letter or
trailing "MC" on the ring. Not so much for the multi-coating but for the
newer formulation with the floating element. Mounted it on a body and
played with it a little. Just what was needed for my style of portraiture,
it plugs the gap between 50mm and 135mm with a fast lens. Can't wait to
try it this weekend with some Kodachrome 64. Best part is it's about the
same physical size as the 50/1.2 so there shouldn't be that many questions!
More seriously, the other half knew the lens acquisition was imminent, it's
just that I spent an eensy-weensy bit more than I estimated to get it so
some "Zuiko slush fund" money will have to hit the bank account before the
credit card bill hits the bank account.
-- John
At 02:09 7/30/00 , you wrote:
>I am a bad, bad man.
>
>I cannot control myself.
>
>I have a problem.
>
>It is bad.
>
>
>I've lately been controlling the urge, for the most part. I haven't bought a
>big outfit in awhile. I haven't bought much of anything for awhile.
>
>Tonight I fell off the wagon.
>
>You see, it started simple. There was an 18/3.5 on ebay for what I thought
>was a good price. It even included the 72mm stepup ring. I used to own an
>18, early in my acquisition binges, and I mistakenly thought I wouldn't use
>it much. So I sold it (you know who you are). Then I fell in love with my
>21/2, and realized that, yes, I would like an 18.
>
>So I've been watching. Pretty patient. Knew what KEH wanted. This was less.
>Quite a bit less. So, I loaded my sniping program (You know who you are
>too). Set the amount I was willing to pay. Waited all day. Waited. Waited.
>Held my breath. Yeah! I won. Oh, I won. I do feel a little sorry for the
>person I sniped, as from my calculations, the room between my maximum bid
>and what I got it for was less the $2. If he'd been just a touch higher.
>
>But I am not done. Not at all.
>
>There was this whole bag thing. I received, thanks to the list, a large
>number of wonderful suggestions. I think I would like them all, and I spent
>way to much time today searching the web for information about all your
>suggestions. It really helped me narrow down the size and shape I wanted,
>which was really the hardest part. The Domke f803 really appealed to me, as
>did the Tamrac 605, as did all the other suggestions. In the end, though, I
>decided on the Tamrac 635. It's about the same size as the 605, but when
>you unzip the top, if unfolds to become a backpack. Kind of cool. One thing
>I have found annoying is having the bag over your shoulder while walking
>around and I thought this would help.
>
>So, I went on a 'who has it cheapest' quest. Tried B&H, tried Cameraworld,
>tried Adorama. Hmm. Adorama has it the cheapest and, hey, they have decent
>prices on the new Kodak Supra, and I've been wanting to try it.
>
>Then I made a mistake. I clicked on the Used button, just for fun. Fell
>off the wagon, again, in the same night. You see, there was this 16. E-
>condition. Better price than the one that closed tonight on ebay. Shipping
>would be basically free, since I was already getting the bag shipped. In a
>fit of passion (OK, that's about how exciting my life is), I clicked on the
>'add to basket button'. Agonized (briefly) and hit the checkout button.
>
>I'm a bad man.
>
>Children don't need to eat, do they?
>
>OK, so I'll have to sell some stuff. Haven't really figured out what, but
>know I'll sell on OM-4T, an OM-2n, and OM-2s and an OM-1n. All very, very
>nice. I'll get around to posting them here in a few days, but if you're
>interested, go ahead and email me and we can work something out, I suppose.
>
>In the end, it should be fun.
>
>Tom
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