Funny thing about OMs - in my area some pawn shops seem to think these
things are made of gold so it doesn't matter if the things don't work. I
routinely see broken OM-10s for $200. OTOH, perfectly functional
Min-not-an-OM-olta SRTs sell for under $100. Go figure. I was pretty lucky
to find my OM-1 and Fat Viv for $150.
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From: Motor Sport Visions Photography <msvphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In a message dated 7/7/2000 "Craig Henrikson" <chenriks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
<< OK folks -- Here is a preliminary report on the "Brian Huber" 4t from
Columbus Camera. I bought the thing and it arrived today! >> <snip>
Sounds like you may well have yourself a good deal on a good beater
after all. I did a last minute bid on the ugliest OM2S I have ever seen
after watching it on eBay with a starting bid of $80.00 with no takers
all the way to the end (until I bid that is). The top at the front of
the prism is dented, badly, the brassing brings a whole new meaning to
the word, but guess what? It works flawlessly. Half the shots taken the
last two times I have gone out have been with this body (after some test
rolls at my son's Little League games when I first got it) and it works
every bit as well as my other -2Ss. Ugly doesn't really matter to me,
results do. I would rather have this body, as ugly as it is, than the
pristine (and I do mean perfect looking) -2S a local camera repair shop
has for sale, broken-dead as a doornail, for something like $200.00
as-is. (Which is definatly too high.)
Mike Veglia
Motor Sport Visions Photography
http://www.motorsportvisions.com
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