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[OM] Re: Zuiko 55mm

Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 55mm
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:44:44 -0700
Yes probably from a surplus auction - the seller has had several items that
he claimed came from the Nevada Test Site. This morning the price was still
in the 50mm f1.4 range. The winner Neopan2 has been bargain hunting OM gear
for a long time ... I suspect he has a good reason to go after it.

-jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Marr-Lyon" <markml@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 55mm


>
> It's probably from a Nevada Test Site government surplus auction, which
> I would guess take place in Las Vegas.  It's also a radioactive
> version, but I don't think it's a result of being from NTS :)  I also
> rather doubt that it ever took a picture of a nuclear explosion, since
> the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 prohibited atmospheric testing.
>
> Mark
>

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