Thanks for the report, Dick. I have often heard that the Houston show is a
lot better than the Ft. Worth-Dallas area shows. It sounds like this one
was a little better, from an OM standpoint, than some of our recent shows,
but certainly not in a different league. At any rate, eBay seems to be the
only consistant source these days. Pity, the shows used to be an adventure.
Gary Edwards
----- Original Message -----
From: dtlocke <dtlocke@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:37 AM
Subject: [OM] Houston Camera Show
> In an effort to keep the discussions on camera and Oly topics:
>
> I spend several hours at the Houston Camera Show yesterday. There were a
few OM-2's that
> looked decent for btw $200 and $250 or so. A lot of 3rd party lenses.
Not a lot of
> Zuikos. Lots of caps, filters, and accessories for everything. Quite a
bit of Leica &
> medium format stuff.
>
> KEH was there, as were several local vendors, doing free camera
inspections/tests & light
> cleanings on the spot; certainly these services were worth the price of
admission ($5).
> Apparently KEH has recently gone into the repair biz. After speaking with
them and 2
> other local outfits about my jumpy Nikon DP-1 (photomic) finder/meter I
let KEH take it
> and my Nikon F2 with 'em for repair and light seal replacement. They
claim a 1-week
> turn-around time, which seems a lot better than the two Olympus specialty
shops I know
> about ;-)
>
> My main goal was to get a Nikon 180 2.8 for my astrophotography. There
were about 4
> non-ED lenses for sale, 2 manual focus ED's, and one AF ED. One vendor
wanted $75 more
> than the other for a lense on worse condition. I ended up after
negotiating at $110 less
> than the expensive vendor, so it certainly pays to shop around and
negotiate (and pay
> cash)! I picked up the cheaper unit from Jack's in Muncie IN. Seemed
like nice people
> from my limited contact.
>
> Olympus equipment is small & light, which makes it great for
astrophotography. I mount
> the camera/lens to my telescope using one of those little bogen adjustable
ball head
> things. It's difficult to get all that tight enough not to move through
long exposures
> (typically 10 to 20 minutes).
>
> I have decided to move to Nikon for the 180mm and longer lenses. It's
quite clear the
> Olympus 180 has chromatic abberation issues. Also, the longer Oly lenses
are relatively
> scarce and tend to sell for quite a bit more than the Nikons. The Nikon
camera (at
> least) weighs a *lot* more than the Oly's I use, and there's really no
hope to mount the
> Nikon on the bogen ball head. I'm getting a heavy duty side-saddle setup,
where the
> telescope sits on one side and the camera/lens sits on the other side to
handle the
> weight.
>
> I definitely plan to continue to use Oly as my main system due to the
great
> size/weight/performance.
>
> -Dick
>
>
>
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