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Subject: [OM][FS] A bunch of stuff
From: stevegoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:21:42 +0000
This is kind of a late spring cleaning. I've been accumulating stuff I need to 
sell, and then I bought a camera that came with a whole bunch of stuff I don't 
need.
So instead of trying to run twenty auctions at once, I thought I would post 
them all here at once, and see what happens.

Photos for all this stuff is on my dotphoto account, and can be seen at: 
<http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=stevegoss&p=cruisin&AID=296226>

For continental U.S. buyers, small and flat objects will ship in a padded 
envelope for $2.00. Bigger stuff will have to go in a box, which will be $4.00. 
This is for normal USPS shipping. Insurance, Other shippers, other destinations 
will be quoted based on cost. Yes, I'll combine shipping. Your money back if 
not satisfied, etc.
I gladly accept cash, check, money orders, gold ingots, and PayPal, if you fund 
your purchase from a bank, and not a credit card.

First, the real Olympus stuff:
Olympus manual extension tube 7, $25
Olympus manual extension tube14, $30
Olympus manual extension tube 25, $35
These three came together, and show no paint wear, and little evidence of ever 
being on a camera. They have though, because I tried them out. If you buy all 
three, I'll throw in generic end caps for the stack.

Olympus Zuiko 135mm f3.5 lens $35.00
A much used small telephoto lens. This is not a lens to put on the shelf 
and admire it's small size. This is a lens to mount to your camera, and
use. Especially in less than pristine environments.
Comes with genuine front and back caps, but not the filter. (If you really want 
it, I'll see if I can figure out which other lens it went to..
This example has some paint loss on all the sharp edges. There is a
small ding on the lens mount flange near the stop down button. This does 
not impair any of the mechanical functioning of the lens. The aperture
blades are snappy, and free of oil. What looks like dirt on the focusing ring 
has been cleaned. The glass, well the glass is less
than perfect. It had some haze problems. The glass was professionally
cleaned by one of the premier Olympus repair locations, and they did
what they could. Even so, this lens can still produce good images.

Olympus OM-F Instruction Manual, $5, or trade for OM-G book (free shipping on a 
trade)
Has all the pages, a few bent corners. Find out everything there is to know 
about a camera Tom Scales won't buy.

Olympus 49mm Lens cap $6.00
The original Olympus 49mm lens cap. Cover your lens in the manner to which it 
should be accustomed. This is normal
OM lens style, as supplied with OM Zuiko lenses. Also included at no extra 
charge is a leash for the cap.
On this example, the springs are springy, and the teeth grip the filter ring as 
they should. The raised lettering and outer rim has some wear, as seen in the 
photo. Also has a few minor surface scuffs. The cap
leash is still springy, the elastic is not worn out.

Olympus lens shade for 50 and 35mm lenses $9.00
A lens hood (or shade) can improve your pictures by shading the front of the 
lens from light that will not be part of the picture, and thus does not need to 
strike the front of the lens.
This example fits over most any 49mm filter ring, and of course fits the 50mm 
f1.4, 50mm f1.8, and 35mm f2.8 lenses. This
will also fit the 50mm f3.5 macro lens. The lens itself does not need this 
hood, because it is designed with one built in,
but if you use a filter on the 3.5 macro, you need to add a hood, because you 
aren't using the built in hood then.
This example is in good condition. There is only a very miniscule amount of 
paint missing from the edge of the base.
The rubber is pliable and not torn or cut. The outside texture is different 
than usual, being less shiny and smooth
than normal. This will have no impact on your use.


Now, the other stuff:

Telescope adaptor (I think?) for Olympus (I know!), $20
One end of this fits our favorite camera, and the other is a 1.25 inch outside 
diameter tube. No glass or aperture blades in the tube, just air. No brand name 
listed. It says Olympus, but it just doesn't look like Olympus engineering.

Generic Eye cup for Olympus, $5
Not the real thing, but similar to eyecup 1 in that for non-glasses wearers it 
really will cut out extraneous light, and that it must be removed before the 
back will open. It clips on securely, does not fall off, and the rubber is in 
good shape.

Wide Ambico camera strap, $2
Not pretty, but it works.

Shutter release cable, 36" Cloth, clear plastic coating, $10
Shutter release cable, 6" Woven stainless steel, $5
Shutter release cable, 2" Black cloth, $5
These all work well, and all have a threaded holder to hold the shutter open.

Nikon Adaptor for shutter release cable, $5
This will thread on to the end of a standard release cable, and let you use the 
cable on some Nikon slr's. The Nikon F for sure, I don't know about others.

Vivitar flash cable, 8", $2
This looks like the pc cord used on my Vivitar 2600 flash. I have not tested to 
be sure, though.

A note about the filters listed below: they appear to have been sitting in 
their packages for a long time, and some of the plastic in the package has 
outgassed and coated the glass. I did clean them a bit, to make sure it was 
possible, but I didn't get too thorough, because most of them won't fit any of 
my lenses.

CPC Phase 2 49mm Sky filter in HOYA case, $5
Both the case and the filter are in good shape, but could be cleaned some more. 
The filter ring seems like plastic, but I don't see any wear marks, like it was 
never mounted. The glass looks unscratched.

Rolev M.G. 49mm F-D filter, original package, $6
This has the same filter ring as the CPC sky filter. I think they were 
manufactured by the same company. This one also appears unused, but has been 
sitting in it's plastic package for a while and could use a good cleaning. For 
some information on what to use an F type filter for, you can check out 
Tiffen's version: <http://www.tiffen.com/BFILT_12_13.htm>.

Spiratone Spiralite Custom 49mm Polarizer filter, $8
It's bound to be a linear polarizer, you'll have trouble metering manually if 
you are using an OM-4, OM-2S, or other camera with a half-silvered mirror. 
Works just fine on OM-1, OM-2 or OM-2n, or in automatic mode. Looks pretty much 
unused, but does need a good cleaning. It looks like a previous cleaning may 
have left some swirl marks. Has the original soft plastic pouch, but not the 
paper insert describing it.

Spiratone Spiralite Custom 58mm Polarizer filter, $10
It's bound to be a linear polarizer, you'll have trouble metering manually if 
you are using an OM-4, OM-2S, or other camera with a half-silvered mirror. 
Works just fine on OM-1, OM-2 or OM-2n, or in automatic mode. Looks pretty much 
unused, but does need a good cleaning. It looks like a previous cleaning may 
have left some swirl marks. This one has the paper insert, but not the original 
pouch. It's in a ziplock bag instead.

Spiratone Spiralite 58mm CC Flourescent D filter, original package, $7
Appears unsused, but needs to be cleaned. This one, has a chrome trim ring on 
the side just above the lettering. For some information on what to use an F 
type filter for, you can check out Tiffen's version: 
<http://www.tiffen.com/BFILT_12_13.htm>. You can also see what it does to a 
normal picture at dotphoto.

Spiratone Spiralite 58mm Rainbow filter, original package, $5
Whatever this does, it's subtle. It's rotatable, like a polarizer or star 
filter. Like the others, it also appears pretty much unused, and in need of 
more cleaning. It has what appears to be a couple of tiny bubbles 
(delamination?) in the glass, but it would probably take some carefull testing 
to see what effect it might have on pictures.

Spiratone Spiralite 58mm Center-sharp lens (filter)
This is for portraits with the edges difused. Two of the images on dotphoto 
show the effect. It works much better on close subjects, as opposed to big 
landscapes. The center of the filter is flat, and the rest has a slight bevel, 
throwing the edges out of focus. This also has a chrome trim ring on the side, 
just above the lettering, and it includes instructions. It also appears pretty 
much unused, but in need of cleaning.

Tiffen 58mm 80A filter, original box, $15
Looks unused in the box, I did hold it up to the lens to show what it does to a 
normal picture. (Think it could pass for fake moonlight?) It could also use 
more cleaning. It's normally for dealing with incandesent lighting when you 
can't use a flash. More information on this filter is available here: 
<http://www.tiffen.com/BFILT_08_09.htm>.

Just for reference, according to some recent listings on you know where, 58mm 
filters fit:
Pentacon six, Kiev 60 and Kiev 88
Biometar 80/2.8 standard lens for Pentacon six and Praktisix cameras. They are 
all German made (Panchromar brand).
Canon EF 75-300mm f4-5.6 III USM, and appear to also fit several other Canon 
autofocus lenses.
CANON FD VIVITAR 28MM F2.5 FAST WIDEANGLE
Tamron 80-210 f3.8??
NIKON AIS 75-300MM Macro-Zoom by VIVITAR
Sigma 70-300mm Lens (Nikon AF)
Pentax SMC TAKUMAR 200mm f/4
PENTAX-A 645 55mm f2.8 for Pentax 645
Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar f2.8/80 MC, Pentacon Bayonet, East German-made Lens
Vivitar 75-205mm zoom lens, f3.8, w/macro focus (Minolta)
Vivitar 75mm-205mm Telephoto Lens, f3.8, Olympus (& possibly other) mount




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