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Re: [OM] Another overpriced 3Ti on the 'bay

Subject: Re: [OM] Another overpriced 3Ti on the 'bay
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:17:06 +1100
Missing point - is 'collectible'.
Those who want, will pay regardless of any reasonable criteria.
Andrew Fildes
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On 10/03/2010, at 8:47 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:

> Exactly. The only reason people on the list who have them brag so  
> much is
> the high price. The camera is basically a mechanical OM-4T at 3  
> times the
> price (at the normal going rate, not the VERY inflated price on this  
> ebay
> sale we're discussing). If I had the money I'd get the 35-80 f2.8 lens
> instead. I have three OM-4T bodies, don't need another OM.
>
>
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> On 3/10/10 4:32 AM, "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sure, but a 3Ti and 4Ti are constructed from "the same" Titanium
>> chassis,
>> with minor finishing differences. I'm not saying a 3Ti is not  
>> wonderful,
>> and I really really want one one day, I am merely asserting that  
>> the guy
>> selling one for $2,600 has had his cheese slide off his cracker. It's
>> a ludicrous price.
>>
>> There have been worse though, I remember the new in box one last year
>> for $3,300.
>>
>> Dawid
>>
>> On 10 Mar 2010, at 11:27 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>
>>> You might like to hold a 3Ti just once, Dawid, remembering that a
>>> Zorki 4 is
>>> also very very similar to a Leica III. Outwardly. But no, I have not
>>> held
>>> one either (the Zorki, that is).
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Piers
>
>
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