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Re: [OM] OM1s [Was: The Unofficial Olympus OM SIF: phase 2/10 completed

Subject: Re: [OM] OM1s [Was: The Unofficial Olympus OM SIF: phase 2/10 completed!]
From: Frank Ernens <fgernens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:50:26 +1000
Earlier I wrote

>Good OM-1N's + 50's cost almost as much as 2000's with 35-70 zooms
>here, but are rather scarce.

and Wiese wrote in response

> Ouch; so far I've found that, with a few exceptions, OM1(n)s go for about
> $350 AUD in top shape with a 50/1.8, maybe $400 AUD for seriously spotless,
> or with a 50/1.4; while the OM2K is around $650 AUD with the zoom

I used "good" in its common English sense of "good for this purpose".
Since we're comparing it with a new camera, I meant "mint" i.e. 9+.
The dealer price here for such a camera is about $550 and they come
up three or four times a year.

Wiese is in Sydney, and I am in Melbourne, but I think the discrepancy
in price has more to do with what we consider decent condition. The
OM-1's I have seen for $400 dealer (= $350 private) typically will
need a CLA + foam soon ($75) and are usually missing the hotshoe ($65).
That brings us to $540 again if we bought privately. We probably
spent a month finding our camera and having it done up.

We still haven't got the zoom we want. A suitable Tokina 28-70mm
f3.5-4.5 is $349 new, and probably unobtainable used in any
reasonable length of time.

The OM-2000 + 35-70 price varies. It was < $500 on special, but has
risen to $639 retail, $480 duty free. Of course, our bushwalker
will buy it duty free on the way to NZ.

So I think that although the details of my argument were vague
the conclusion was right - the OM-1 may (or may not) be a better
bushwalking camera than the OM-2000, but it isn't cheaper.


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