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Re: [OM] Got me a free Zuiko 75-150 yesterday!

Subject: Re: [OM] Got me a free Zuiko 75-150 yesterday!
From: Gary Edwards <edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:13:33 -0600
Congratulations, Mike.  Good catch.  The 75-150 may not be one of the
mystical Zuikos, but it is a nice little lens.  I get mine out from time to
time and I'm always surprised that I don't use it more.  A number of my
shots on the UOG are with it.

Gary Edwards

Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:

> First off, thanks to all who replied re: my quest for Nicola's first
> camera. My decision is that she gets a toy (ultra-cheap used Vivitar)
> for now and my fiancee, Lena, gets a Stylus Epic for her birthday the
> end of this month (hope she's not reading this...).
>
> Yesterday we were looking at used stuff at (the big bad) Wolf (a US
> chain that tends to gobble up smaller local camera stores). This
> particular branch has some used stuff and we picked out an ultra-cheap
> used P&S for Nicola ($5.00). Needless to say, I was obligated to see
> what they had in used OM land while I was there. Only one body, an OM101
> that I had forgotten even existed. (By the way, will the OM101 do full
> syncro flash with the F280???) Fair number of smaller lenses though and
> some very cheap. They had 2 75-150 f4 (MC) Zuiko zooms so I took a look
> at one. The salesman said he would let me have it for $50.00. I was
> checking it out and the iris wasn't closing. I showed him this and he
> confirmed on the other that it should close (he tried to tell me it
> needed to be mounted to a body to work...I showed him the DOF Preview
> button and he realized it was indeed broken.) The upshot of this was he
> told me that it wasn't worth fixing, that he was going to throw it away
> and would I like to have it for free. Suffice to say I took him up on
> that offer. I was able to easily repair this by removing the lens mount
> and re-installing it with the actuater on the correct side (don't know
> for how long or how it got this way though...) Now the lens seems to
> work fine, focus is nice and smooth, looks good through the viewfinder
> and I'll have to go shoot something with it. Not sure what I will
> actually use it for but it is always nice to get a Zuiko for free! Made
> my day. Anyone out there use one of these and like it? If anyone has a
> specific need and wants me to go back treasure hunting I will, e-mail me
> privately.
>
> Mike Veglia
> Motor Sport Visions Photography
> www.motorsportvisions.com
>
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