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Re: [OM] continuation of the end? the end is near?

Subject: Re: [OM] continuation of the end? the end is near?
From: "Clemente Colayco" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:42:22 +0800
I should be happy then to have bought on a BIN offer at 4T champangne for $
295 which comes home to me at about $ 400 inclusive of a CLA now in process
with Ken.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] continuation of the end? the end is near?


> Another thing that you might want to keep an eye out for is an OM-4 that
> has been converted to T(i) circuitry. This was apparently the common
> repair solution for OM-4 bodies with circuit failures for some time.
>
> Doesn't work with the F280, as the extra contacts on the hot shoe aren't
> there.
> Cosmetically different looking even beyond the model label. The black
> over brass finish of the '4' seems actually more durable (and 'brasses'
> more attractively) than the less smooth black over titanium finish of
> the 'T(i)'.
> May actually have newer circuitry than an older T(i), depending on
> respective repair and manufacture dates.
> Patience required to find a converted '4'.  I bought 2 and  passed on 1
> or 2 over a period of about 1.5 yrs of careful watching.
>
> Used to be significantly cheaper than T(i) bodies. I haven't been
> keeping track, as I don't need any more bodies, but the spread might be
> even greater now. The spread when I bought one of each in late 2000 was
> $275 vs. $566, with the Ti in a bit better cosmetic condition. With the
> way T(i) prices have been going, my Ex++ Ti lives on a shelf in a case
> while the converted OM-4 bodies do the work.
>
> Moose
>
> Garth Wood wrote:
>
> > Possibly just you.  I've been looking for an OM-4T/Ti on the 'bay for
> > weeks now, and have been disappointed both by the low numbers and the
> > high prices.  Criminy, gold's cheaper!
>
>
>
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