Are you talking about a 2N? If so, the comment about the "battery check
light on the front" is confusing as there is no battery check light on the
front.
I can't even guess without seeing the bodies. Some stuff from pawn shops is
as bad as an ebay "bargain".
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Pendley <jpendley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 5:14 PM
Subject: [OM] Pawn Shop Olys
> Help, John Hermanson!
> I went on my first pawn shop forray today and found three Olys. The
> most interesting one is a -2n in what I would call Ex condition but for
> one problem--more later. The body is clean, with ordinary paint loss at
> corners, etc. The battery check light on the front is missing; the self
> timer lever is still there. I ran through the shutter speeds and didn't
> *hear* anything suspicious. But when I tried the self timer, the mirror
> locked up, and nothing we could do would get it back down again. I
> suspect that the missing battery check light is not the only thing wrong
> there. It has a very clean 50/1.8 on it. The guy has it priced at
> $189, but when the mirror froze, he said I could have it and the lens
> for $100. I'm wondering what the odds might be on having it repaired
> and still having some room for profit on eBay. I know you can only
> estimate its problems, but what do you think?
> He also had a -1md, no lens for $100, in better shape than the 2n, maybe
> Ex+ condition, except that it's missing the crank handle on the rewind
> knob.
> Finally, there was an OM-10 with 50/1.8 for $90. It may be a little
> rougher cosmetically than the -2n.
> I'm excited to have found something on my first attempt, but I don't
> know if any of is worth buying. A quick look at the history of -2n
> sales on eBay suggests that it might not be, unless the fix is fairly
> easy.
> Regards,
> John Pendley
>
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