Sent a Zuiko 2X Teleconverter to England and was lost for 7 month when
it miraculously came back home.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 6:26 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] would an "equipment exchange" work on the OM list?
An interesting idea, but I'm not particularly enthusiastic for a
couple of reasons.
Stuff sometimes gets lost in transit. I mailed a Zuiko 200/4,
with a small fungus farm growing inside, to Mark Dapoz on April 30
of this year. It never got there, and I don't think there's much
question but that it's never going to get there. It's not a big
loss, but it was complete with proper box in good condition, which
I think Mark wanted more than the lens. What if it had been a
precious?
Secondly, like Tom, I've got some stuff I definitely wouldn't want
to risk, especially in light of the aforementioned experience:
21/2, 50/2, 90/2, 100/2, 35-80/2.8, any of the macro bellows
lenses, not even the 180/2.8. (I'm assuming the Tamrons aren't
part of this plan, but if they are, the 80-200/2.8 and the 300/2.8
are off limits too.) And I'm sure not shipping off a 4Ti.
So this leaves just the common, garden-variety stuff that nearly
everybody's got anyway. I wouldn't have a problem loaning out a
35/2, 50/1.8, 1.4 or 3.5, or a 135/2.8, etc., but who really cares?
Walt
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:14:08 -0400
>I'm game, although after the move. I'd put a half dozen or more
>things into the pot. Heck, I almost always have two or three out
>at any given time anyway.
>
>There would be a few things that might be 'off-limits', because I
>wouldn't be willing to lose them (90/2), but mostly everything
>else would be fair game.
>
>Tom
>
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