He says in his description that he's selling it for family, and somewhere
I think he mentioned "grandpa" who bought stuff, never took care of it,
and then replaced it when it broke. That said, my guess is the guy
bought it from a repair shop that went out of business (or a similar
circumstance).
I've bid (real low, of course) just to keep an eye on it. Doubt that I'll
actually seriously chase any of it, but it's kinda interesting to see what
it'll all go for.
Regards,
Chris
On 6 Nov 2001, at 16:00, M. Royer wrote:
> This is the same guy who sold the 350/2.8, 250/2,
> 1000/11, 600/6.5, a corroded 8/2.8, 16/3.5 and a ton
> of other Olympus OM stuff, most of it with major
> problems. I don't know where he gets it all, most of
> it seems like it was kept in a leaky attic and some
> lenses escaped while others got rained upon. His big
> stuff looks to be in good shape because it was kept in
> their cases, but whoever originally bought most of
> this stuff was an incredibly poor steward. Kinda like
> a guy who gets a new Mercedes and never changes the
> oil. A dozen OM bodies, all broken, a dozen lenses,
> all with varying degrees of fungus, and some lenses
> that seemed to be spared from this by luck or case or
> placement. I would definitely be carefull with this
> guy, that said if things remain pretty cheap (yeah
> right) I might get in just for the heck of it.
>
> Mark Lloyd
>
> --- Tom Scales <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'd be nervous. He's selling a bunch of broken
> > bodies and fungus damaged
> > lenses too.
> >
> > Tom
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "gries" <gries@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:05 PM
> > Subject: RE: [OM] Macro 20mm Lens for Bellows
> >
> >
> > > No, but the 400/6.3 looks interesting....
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > >
> > > Gee you don't see these every day ... or do you?
> > >
> > > No connection, etc.
> > >
> > >
> >
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