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Re: [OM] E(vil)bay reaches out to the Zuikoholics

Subject: Re: [OM] E(vil)bay reaches out to the Zuikoholics
From: Bill Stanke <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:24:53 -0700
Dan:

I saw the ad too, and couldn't decide if it was a 1 or a 2.  I believe
that they did not black out the "Zuiko" on the lens, only the Olympus
brand name.

BTW [and totally off-subject] the new Spiderman movie featured a MANUAL
FOCUS 35 mm.  It's shocking in this day and age to think of all of the
*old fossils* still using MF <BG>.  The producers probably couldn't get
any product placement dollars from N*k*n, C*n*n, or M*n*lt*.

Bill Stanke

Dan Lau wrote:
> 
> In spite of all the hard times and the ribbings we on this list
> have given to the on-line auction site E(vil)bay, I think they
> have made an effort to reach out to us and win us over.  I was
> looking at my copy of PC Magazine and there is an ad by E*bay,
> the subject this time is "Photographic equipment".  And there,
> right in the middle of the two (half) page spread, is a black
> OM-1 (could be an OM-2, but I think I spot a hint of the mirror
> lock-up knob on the side) with all the markings removed.  No
> hot shoe, on the front is a silver-nosed Zuiko 50/1.4 lens
> (again, with no brand markings).
> 
> So we must all give E(vil)bay credit for trying to reach out to
> us.  Considering that they once tried to de-list Olympus as a
> specific SLR group, I wonder what made them decide to use an
> Olympus camera to represent the film camera category (along
> with a C*n*n digital Elph, a P*l*roid instant camera, and
> others).
> 
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