Dylan,
> You think that's bad?
> I saw an M1 in the local camera shop about 12 months ago when I was
> looking for an OM1 for my partner. It was in pretty nice nick (ie
> cosmetically mint, mechanically mint as far as I could tell without
> running a film through it!), and at A$250 was $30 more than a slightly
> dented OM1 MD beside it on the shelf. Had a silver nose 50 1.8 on
> it IIRC. I opted to save the $30 and get the more scratched up camera,
> thinking she might one day want to attach a winder.
> A few months later I joined this list, and realised my little booboo...I
> was more than a little sorry to find I could have resold the M1 and
> bought a secondhand 4Ti and OM1 for the proceeds...
> Dylan
I kneel before you - you definitely deserve the "kick myself" crown :-).
However, I wouldn't have resold the M1. I would have kept it and bragged
about it to everyone :-).
Sean
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