Hello Lee.
The XA2 has indeed been produced in different colors. I know of the
(relatively common) red and blue, more rare green and since shortly a
fellow collector here does own a bright pink XA2 as well. He brought
that one with him from one of his trips to Japan - it seems to be very
rare. I don't know if it has been made in other colors.
AFAIK only the XA2 has been made in different colors, and the other
four XA-models did come in black only.
For the other topic: I am not the buyer and new owner of the $99
28-48. When I emailed Charlotte's Friday, it had be gone already...
I indeed love to buy Olympus stuff when it is really cheap (who
doesn't?) but I don't see how that could cause a high price level ;-)
On the other hand, Lee, since you have called Charlottes as well now
they may have got the impression that they sold their 28-48 cheap -
so you probably will be the reason of the next one being more
expensive! ;-)
Best,
Frank.
On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 01:24:17 -0500, "R. Lee Hawkins"
<lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Hi all:
>Whilst making my rounds of the camera stores in the Boston area (which
>are mostly devoid of good Oly stuff, btw) I saw a BLUE XA2 with matching
>blue A11 flash. Nope, it wasn't one of Ken Norton's Earl Shibe jobs.
>It was a factory job. Anyone else ever seen one? John H., do you know
>the history of these? Were there any other colors other than blue?
>
>About the only other things I saw were fairly overpriced: 18/3.5 with a
>well-worn front element: $550; OM-3 beaten and brassed: $650, and
>180/2.8 with ripped focus rubber: $650. The last two items weren't even
>priced, and after the manager and a sales type huddled over what was
>probably a ShutterBug mag, they hit me with those ridiculous figures. I
>explained that those seemed to be mint condition prices, and was tempted
>to say "this stuff ain't mint condition, Beavis". But I refrained. It
>really amazes me how much people in this town want for stuff in
>basically KEH Ugly condition.
>
>On another note, I saw to my delight a 28-48/4 on the Charlotte Camera
>web page, for only $99 this morning. I called immediately, and it was
>of course gone. Ok. Who got it ;) (my bet is on Lindert. I think he
>is the one reason our stuff is so expensive still. He's cornered the
>market, and has an old WWII bunker full of the stuff. Perhaps me, Gary
>S., Gary R., Clive, Giles, Hank, Ulf, and Foxy should mount
>a rescue mission. We can take John H. along to care for any equipment
>damaged in the fray, and Larry can go along to set up a web page for
>proper redistribution of the wealth :).
>
>
>Cheers,
>--Lee
>
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