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[OM] Just came back from Samy's

Subject: [OM] Just came back from Samy's
From: "Albert Yang" <albert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:40:53 -0800
So I walk into Samy's, and it's HUGE.  Like a kid in a candy store!!!

I looked at the Leica binoculars.  Thinking about getting my gf a 
pair as a "See honey, I didn't just spend money on myself (OM gear) 
but I spent it on you too!"  $349.  Ouch.  That's an OM-1n + 3 
lenses!!!  So I didn't buy it.  Shame on me!

But the kicker was that there was this Leica nut standing next to me, 
telling me I should sell everything I own, and buy a Leica.  He said 
that Leicas did everything short of curing cancer.  He even went so 
far as to say "I think Leica's are better than Hasselblads.  I think 
they produce a sharper image regardless of how big you blow it up."  
Wow, what a statement.  I said that basic math in terms of negative 
size means that Hasselblads will win when you blow it up past 24".  
He said he disagrees.  He then proceded to try to sell me an M6, R8, 
and 6 lenses.  Said he'd give me a package deal....

So before I walked out, I told him that I am a product Olympus OM 
owner.  He looked at me, and nodded, in approval.  His only comment 
was "The lenses are hard to get, and there's only one 3rd party lens 
maker that is still making the lenses with OM mounts, and they suck, 
so stick to ...."  He being the Leica bigot, couldn't get himself to 
say "Zuiko" and so he said "You know, stick to the OEM stuff, it's 
much better".

I gave him a little smile, and then I dropped the comment "my friend 
is about to buy an entire Canon system... "  His comment back was 
"Oh, how sad, well; he'll learn the hard way, expensive lesson, but 
he will learn eventually.."

So I thought I'd share my day at Samy's with you all...

Albert

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