Well, I talked them down $3500 off sticker price. Probably got screwed anyway
without being kissed, but I'm still happy. One of the factors I considered
when buying it, besides the hotrod stuff, was that 22.5 cu. ft. of airtight,
out-of-sight and secure gear storage space. I won't need the raggedy-ass
clothes and the funky boxes when driving it. :-)
All seriousness aside, it's getting more and more important to safeguard the
gear as it gets increasingly expensive, even factoring in inflation and all
that stuff. After posting that shot of my digital outfit in the old LowePro
bag the other day, it dawned on me that there's a helluva lot of my hard-earned
money in that old sack.
http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1078.jpg
So, having nothing better to do at the moment, I dug out the invoices and
calculated what it all cost me. These are the actual prices paid, except if
there's a * after the price, that means it's something I've had so long I don't
remember what it cost, so I'm just guessing how much I'd have to pay to replace
it off yeBay or from somebody here -- except the four-thirds adapter thing,
which was once free, but ain't anymore.
LowePro Compact 35 bag ........................ $ 50.00*
Olympus E-1 and 14-54/2.8-3.5 lens ..... ....... 1429.95
SanDisk 1gb Ultra II card ...................... 89.95
SanDisk 1gb Extreme III card ................... 102.95
BLM-1 battery (spare) .......................... 49.95
Katz Eye focusing screen ....................... 95.00
Four-thirds adapter ............................ 80.00*
Zuiko Digital 7-14/4 lens ...................... 1649.95
Zuiko Digital 50-200/2.8-3.5 lens .............. 849.95
Zuiko Digital 50/2.0 macro lens ................ 449.95
Zuiko 500/8 lens ............................... 400.00*
Olympus RM-CB1 remote release .................. 52.95
Infrared release (from C-2000 Z) ............... 20.00*
B+W 67mm Kaesemann circular polarizer .......... 129.95
B+W 55mm circular polarizer .................... 90.00
B+W 52mm to 55mm step-up ring .................. 24.95
Tiffen 55mm metal lens hood .................... 5.00*
Hoya 72mm UV filter ............................ 15.00*
Olympus Digital Varimagni finder for E-1 ....... 174.95
Olympus Digital EX-25 extension tube ........... 119.95
Olympus Digital EC-1.4X teleconverter .......... 399.95
Olympus Digital FL-50 flash .................... 374.95
Olympus FL-CB05 hot shoe cable ................. 52.95
Stoffen flash diffuser for FL-50 ............... 14.95
4-pack of Energizer AA batteries ............... 3.49
2 Cullmann tripod QR plates .................... 25.00
1/2 bottle Zeiss lens cleaner .................. 5.00
Zip-Lok bag with a dozen Kim Wipes ............. .25
Lens brush/blower .............................. 2.00
2 heavy-duty Hefty trash bags .................. .20
Total ..........................................$6759.14
That's just one bag, so it's well worth keeping at least one eye on. I may
have overlooked a couple of little things, but the bag's out in the garage in
the SSR, where it rode along for a little speedy adventure this morning, and
I'm too lazy to go down and fetch it back up to fully inventory. I left it
there 'cause we're going out later this afternoon, when the light gets more
better :-)
Let's be careful out there.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Walt, if you're talking about your new ride the "look" will have to be
> of a guy thrown out for buying that vehicle!!
>
> And for what you paid for it, GM durn well oughta give you a T-shirt!!
>
> ;o)
>
> ScottGee1
>
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