Don't be terrified, it's an opportunity.... I told the insurers I would
settle for used in place of new, and ended up with an OM-2SP to replace the
OM-10. And a couple of good lenses, can't remember what!
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Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Patrick Moore
Sent: 24 April 2008 15:40
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: An unfortunate event.
* On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 03:34:05PM +0100, Piers Hemy said:
>
> Why do you think the insurer would not offer replacement
> like-for-like, Paddy, with another K10D?
I'm being delusional and optimistic. ;) And working on the fact that
while the K10D is available through a few channels it's not officially
available anymore from our friends at Pentax.
> In my experience with losses of both photo and PC equipment, that is
> their first preference - I had to be pretty persuasive to get them
> *not* to replace an OM-10 with a Mynolta X-300, then the only
> available new manual SLR!
Jebus cripes. Moderately terrifying. :)
ah well, time will tell. Mostly this was a rant at losing my camera more
than a serious suggestion. :)
p.
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