dolphans1@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> The camera and lens arrived safely and I could not
> believe how great they looked. They looked new, and came
> with very nice old Olympus leather camera case, with a
> huge dial aluminum knob on the bottom of it, I don't
> recall, seeing a knob, that is so "big" on a camera
> case. (they sure don't make things like the use to, why
> would a knob be so "big"?)
>
We used to call those cases "pile drivers" -- set 'em down
hard with a camera inside, and the knob gets driven up into
the bottom of the camera. The knob was removed in later
cases....
> I feel bad in a way, because I felt I got lucky in
> winning the bid. I don't deserve it...
_I_ could have told you that! ;^)
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