At 02:54 PM 9/11/2000 -0700, Jim Timpe wrote:
>I mentioned to the list a couple of weeks ago the here-to-for unseen OM-4T
>plus assorted lenses that appeared in my local paper's classifieds. Well,
>after much wringing of hands and struggling to meet up with the seller, we
>finally made the deal this passed Saturday. As it turns out, the equipment
>consists of a pristine black OM-4T (he estimates that it's had maybe 20
>rolls of film through it), a virtually new 28/2.8, ditto 85/2, slightly more
>used 200/4, and now for the kicker... he showed up with a 35-70/3.5-4.5 and
>a decent case for it all. I had originally planned on offering the gent a
>little less than his asking, but when I saw the extras (zoom and case, plus
>a couple of filters), I tried to get him to let it all go for his advertised
>price. Wound up getting it for $100 over what he had initially been asking
>for the body and the 28mm and 85mm. Am I allowed to gloat over this one????
>The body, in particular, is spectacular.
>
>I can now officially consider myself a zuikoholoic, as I've always had the
>bodies, just skimpy in the zuiko lens department (a 50/1.4 that was on my
>initial OM-1 purchased through the Air Force exchange in Japan 24 years
>ago). Is this where my condition goes from chronic to epidemic proportions?
>
>Grinning, albeit a little lighter in the billfold,
>Jim Timpe
[snip]
Man, there are days when I could just *kill* some of the people on this List.
8^>
Garth
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