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Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 35-80mm f2.8
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:55:06 -0400
I did NOT sleep well last night.  Are we talkin' front element or rear. 
  Okay!  Price I gave you for rear element is bad enough, front element 
CU5458 dealer net is $255.

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John Hermanson
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Joel Wilcox wrote:
> If you put it on eBay and are completely straightforward about it
> (i.e., don't call it a "cleaning mark"), not giving up the least
> suggestion that it will make any discernable difference in image
> capture, which it won't, I imagine that because of the rarity and
> intrinsic value of the lens you won't take any beating at all.  Set
> your reserve $50 lower than you had intended perhaps, but be prepared
> to be pleasantly surprised.
> 
> Joel W.
> 
> On 9/25/06, GeeBee <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>I have one of the above and intend selling it (to get out of debt not into
>>digital) so I gave it a detailed inspection to accurately describe its
>>condition. Horror of horrors there is a scratch on the front element. I
>>cannot believe that I would miss something like that when I bought it and I
>>know I have done nothing to cause it since owning it. The only explanation
>>that I can think of is that the local repair shop must have done it when
>>they remedied the loss of click stops on the aperture ring a short time
>>after I got it.
>>
>>The scratch can be seen at about the 4 o'clock position on the shot below
>>and my question is can anyone hazard a guess at what kind of beating I am
>>going to take on its value? I am primed for wisecracks as well as sensible
>>advice :-)
>>
>>http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/Temp_03.htm
>>
>>--Graham
> 
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