Wednesday 25th. August was obviously a bad day for list members in the UK as
I had my Zuiko 350mm/f2.8 telephoto stolen on Wednesday evening.
The police have asked me not to publicise too many details at present but
again if any UK list members see or hear of such a lens perhaps they could
let me know at keswick@xxxxxxxxxxx asap.
The lens is in its original hard aluminium case (about 40x20x20 cm) but
significantly is black - most of these lenses are cream and there are very
few black ones about. I believe the lens is likely to be in the Midlands /
London / South East areas and I also suspect that the thief is not an
Olympus enthusiast so it is likely to come up for sale - if it hasn't been
sold to a shop or user already. I would imagine that the market in these is
quite small .......
I have e-mailed / faxed as many camera shops I can find information on
(about 45 from the pages of the AP) with a description of the lens. Apart
from the serial number which I have the lens does have some very distinctive
marks.
Thansk for any help any UK list members can give - David (who is more than a
little depressed about this......).
----- Original Message -----
From: Volkhart Baumgaertner <kyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 11:05 AM
Subject: [OM] Stolen OM-Equipment
> Yo y'all,
>
> the request I have in this message is probably only relevant for those of
> you living in Britain.
>
> On 25 August 99, which was last wednesday, my motorcycle tank bag was
stolen
> while I was paying at a gas station in Largs, Scotland. Besides my
passport,
> driver's license, motorcycle and car registrations, and a few other items,
> it also contained some of my best OM-equipment:
>
> A small brownish photo bag with an OM2N body, serial no. 834444, with a
> Beattie Intenscreen with a diagonal split image focusing aid. Attached to
> the camera body was an off-brand motor winder which on its front side
bears
> the inscription "Electronic Power Winder For Olympus", and on the back
side
> "model OM-1; Made in Hong Kong", and a Zuiko 3.5-4.5/35-70 mm lens. The
bag
> also contained a wire release, a Tokina 2x converter, a polarizing filter,
> spare batteries, and a Cullmann DC 32 flash with attached SCA 321 adapter
> for OM cameras.
> Besides the photo bag, the tank bag contained a small Minette tripod with
> telescoping legs in an imitation leather pouch, a Zuiko 4/75-150 in its
> original hard leather container, and a Zuiko 2.8/28 mm in a Canon hard
> leather container. The 35-70 and the 28 had Olympus rubber hoods with
them,
> and there were UV or skylight filters on all the lenses.
>
> I am still trying to locate the receipts I must have somewhere for the
> lenses, in the hope of finding the serial numbers there.
>
> If any of you come across something that looks as if it could be part or
all
> of my stuff I would very much appreciate it if you would contact PC
Gribben
> at the Largs Police Station, phone no. 01475-674651, and/or send me an
> email.
>
> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>
>
> MtFbwy,
> Volkhart
>
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> Volkhart Baumgaertner email: kyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> MausNet: @MGN
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