I want to know what he paid for the 50/1.2!
Andrew Fildes
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On 30/09/2009, at 6:09 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> That is an incredible deal! I have 3 OM-4T bodies and still would have
> bought it for $57 and I wouldn't have had to go think about it :)
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> On 9/30/09 1:56 AM, "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I called in, as mentioned elsewhere, at a couple of camera shops,
>> and at
>> one of them, Photo and Video, Merivale, the owner made me an amazing
>> offer. I knew they had recently taken in a lot of OM bodies and
>> Zuikos in a
>> trade-in deal.
>>
>> He offered me an OM 4T for NZ$80. I said; "No no Greg, I already
>> have
>> more than I need, thanks all the same".
>> $NZ80 = Eur 35 or USD 57.7
>>
>> So I left the shop and drive away. 4 blocks away I realised I
>> needed to
>> inspect the 50/1.2 that came in recently in the same batch of
>> gear, so I
>> turned around; and started thinking that a 2nd OM4, even with the old
>> circuit, could still be useful. in the end, I plonked my $$ down
>> and now I
>> have
>> it. It apparently has the new circuit in, which is a bonus..
>>
>> About 10 years ago I paid locally, $750 for the 3rd hand OM4Ti
>> silver I use
>> all the time.
>>
>> At the very least I have a good exposure meter for the 617, for a
>> fraction of
>> what those things sell for.
>>
>> Brian Swale.
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