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RE: [OM] Re: a purely hypothetical question... -not- OT!

Subject: RE: [OM] Re: a purely hypothetical question... -not- OT!
From: "George M. Anderson, Photographer" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:25:46 -0800
Jan;

Yep, that's the one.  All he did was put an OM mount on it and gave me some
$$$s to get it converted, cause his guy said he couldn't do it.  I had one
of the best try to do it, but parts just weren't available.  Oh well.  It's
still one great piece of glass.

George

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jan Steinman
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> Subject: [OM] Re: a purely hypothetical question... -not- OT!
>
>
> >From: "George M. Anderson, Photographer" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >One last possibility no one else has mentioned: the Zuiko 180/2.
>  It is also
> >truly spectacular.  I've got one that had been converted to work on Leica
> >bodies.  Jan Steinman will remember this lens.
>
> That the one Hanson had in NYC? I bought a 24 shift from him at
> the time, and regretted not getting the 180 as well.
>
> >Unfortunately, it could not be converted back to work in
> >auto-stop-down mode as a Zuiko lens. (I got a partial rebate from seller
> >when this was verified.)
>
> I'm glad he gave you a rebate, 'cause he said he'd convert it
> back to OM for me if I bought it.
>
> I seem to remember that his repair/mod guy retired -- perhaps
> that's why it wouldn't go back to OM.
>
> I'm glad I saved the 24 shift from a similar fate -- at the time,
> he said he converted and sold every one he could get hold of.
>
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