I called the guy today, and based on his description I ordered the camera.
Thanks to the other responders and yeah, I know its' probably not perfect.
But the OM-2 was more than I wanted to spend, and I can get along with a
sort of crude meter (or even without one if aI have to). Now the question
becomes; batteries. I am assuming this guy uses a mercury battery.
Correct? The dealer didn't know, says he's a Canon expert, not Olympus.
At 03:51 PM 2/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>At 05:18 PM 2/11/98 -0500, Mike Lipphardt wrote:
>
>>On the way home today I stopped at a hole in the wall store that always
>>seems to have a lot of manual stuff. They had an OM-1 in nice condition,
>>no hot shoe, except it was missing what appeared to be a winder cover (next
>>to the battery cover) and they had no lenses for it, preventing me from
>>giving it my usual checkout. They were asking $200US. Unfortunately I
>>fell in love with it, but was leery of buying an untestable camera with a
>>hole in its' baseplate (missing cover).
>
>Bob Pins, a reliable dealer I have purchased from, has an OM-1, 50/1.8 and
>ERC (for what it's worth), listed in condition 9 1/2, for $150. He can be
>reached at 201-784-1444 and 201-767-3619 EST. It is item #025.
>
>
>Jeff Spirer
>B&W Photos: http://www.pomegranates.com
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>Axiom/Material: http://www.hyperreal.org/axiom/
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