Sean.Chan@xxxxxxxx on 20-05-2000 13:06:02
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Subject: Re: [OM] M-System lenses...
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how rare the original M-System lenses are?
> I was in Vancouver, BC last week, and while poking around,
> I saw an M-System 100/2.8. I managed to resist buying it,
> as it wasn't in the greatest shape, but was curious as to
> how "collectible" they are. It was, if I remember rightly,
> serial number 102xxx, which implies that they made a couple
> thousand of these anyway. I did fail miserably to resist
> getting a 55/1.2 today in Seattle on the way home though :)
> At least it was that one, and not the 300/4.5 that they had
> or the 180/2.8 that I didn't even want to pick up...
> Anyway, if anyone's in the Vancouver area and wants to go
> look at it, email me and I'll give you more info.
>
> Mark Marr-Lyon.
>Hmmm...I thought the only "M" was the Zuiko 50mm F1.8...but I'd expect
>it to be quite rare. 20 odd months ago, I had the opportunity to buy the
>M-1 at a camera swap meet. The seller was an antique dealer so he knew the
>value of it and offered it to me for AUD$1100 (US$600 thereabouts). I
>didn't go for it as the viewfinder/focusing screen/mirror was dirty and I
>wasn't sure if it could be cleaned. There was also a tiny sharp dent at
>the base of it.
m-system lens>Anyway he told me that he was going to put it up to eBay and to my
>surprise he really did. In the end, he sold it for US$900+!! I really
>kicked myself there.
>Sean
Many years ago (1974-75) when I sold all my Pen F and Pen FT half-frame
equipment, I bought a very early OM-1 (no motor drive capability), a 28mm f3.5,
and a 75-150mm f4 in a black Olympus holdall, from someone who had just bought
it in Japan. The 28mm f3.5 was an M-System lens.... I sold it later when I
bought a 24mm, and the OM-1 when I bought an OM-1n.
regards, Roger Key
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