Stephen, my son, you are doing God's work, rescuing that poor, unfortunate OM,
likely from the filthy hands of some heathen ebay speculator!
Carry on, and Godspeed!
Gary Edwards
"Chung, Stephen" wrote:
> Greetings Oly Faithful,
>
> I'm sorry but I haven't been able to come with anything useful or
> significant to post for so long except this load of nonsense. All this
> occurred on or abouts the second anniversary of the purchase of my first OM
> camera - the OM1n.......
>
> On that day, right out of the blue, I heard a voice....... which granted,
> in normal circumstances is not so unusual, however on this occasion there
> was no one else around. Any way, this disembodied and prophetic sounding
> voice says to me - "You will buy an Oh Em Onnnneee......... and a loaf of
> bread TODAYYYYY!".
>
> Now while pondering this prophetic and somewhat cryptic announcement, the
> ol' memory banks turned over and spat out a timely reminder - Of course,
> that morning as I was escaping out the door heading for work, 'She who must
> be obeyed' bellowed out "Stay away from those bl**dy camera stores....and
> don't forget to buy some bread "
>
> Hmmmm that didn't explain the first bit of the prophecy, though, after all,
> I already have an OM1 - what am I supposed to do with another one eh? At
> which point, my nowadays Olyholic afflicted Common Sense made a rare
> appearance and advised the following.... "Listen up bonehead, after having
> your OM4 stolen, you vowed to never let your original OM1 leave the house,
> remember?"
>
> Ahhh now it makes sense, My subconscious desire for an everyday user and
> dare I say expendable, OM body had come out of the closet and made its
> presence felt, as most subconsious desires are prone to do you know .
> Indeed this OM body shall employ totally manual operation and basic matched
> needle light meter, so I can exercise my now formidable skill at predicting
> correct exposure, and yes, it shall look like something the cat dragged in,
> so as not to attract unwanted attention. Now if that doesn't spell well
> used and not afraid to show it Oh Em One, then please, somebody beat me
> about the head with two wet fish.
>
> So during lunch break and with my wife's first commandment regarding dem
> bl**dy camera shops in mind, I cruised the local Pawn shops instead, on an
> OM1 search and rescue mission. Immediately I was successful in locating
> several tired looking OM1's, however these particular local Pawn shops hold
> the OM1 in appropriately high esteem and charge accordingly.
>
> Having insufficient funds I left empty handed and sadly turned my attention
> to the second commandment and made a beeline to ye olde breadde shoppe - you
> know the one next door to ye olde Camera shoppe and as if fate itself had
> intervened, lo and behold, strike me lucky but preferably without using
> fish, there was another OM1 practically with my name written on it.
> Actually it turned out not to be my name but some brutally indiscriminate
> gouge marks on the viewfinder eyepeice which bear an uncanny resemblance to
> my name, especially in backlit situations. Yep this OM1 had seen better
> days and I wanted it.
>
> Without further ado I engaged hardline price haggle and scornful disbelief
> mode, marched up to the ederly gentleman behind the counter, looked him in
> the eye and said "How much is that OM1 in the window, ... the one with the
> dents in the top cover??" Well to cut a long story short, I finally
> closed the deal at less that half the price of what those Pawn ("Hi our
> prices will knock the wind out of ya , unless you're the sort of person who
> happens to like being beaten with two wet fish") shops were trying to get
> away with.
>
> Next I rushed my newly rescued and long suffering OM1 to the local Camera
> Hospital with instructions to spare no expense in bringing OM1 back to full
> health. Two months down the track with a newly fitted petaprism to replaced
> the fractured one, I once again enjoyed the thrill of being a "New OM1"
> owner. Four rolls of film later (Konica Chrome, Provia, Astia and Velvia)
> and I'm pleased to report everything is fine and dandy, my OM1 and I make a
> great team. So there you have it good Oly folk, prophecy fullfilled,
> except in all the excitement that day, I forgot to get the bread..... dough!
>
> Regards
> S.C.
> Melbourne, Australia
>
> PS I'd like to thank Shutterbox in Camberwell for doing the comprehensive
> service and fix on my OM1. I'd also like to apologise to any fish lovers
> for any perceived cruelty to fish comments.
>
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