$1400 US with padded cordura case, teleconverter, one slip-in filter (sky1A),
lens hood
(a MONSTER hood), and lens cap (also huge). Nice thing: the slip-in filter
holder
accepts standard 43 mm screw-in filters. The teleconverter includes an indexed
indicator that shows the effective F-number with the TC as the aperture ring is
rotated
- again, nice touch.
Gary
"Peter S. Halpern" wrote:
> Dear Gary;
> How much was the lens? I am about to purchase a Tamron 60-300 3.8 for just
> over $150. I just got an Adaptall-2 for OM, works wonderfully! It was
> brand new and perfect, and only cost $25!
>
> I think I'm in love with eBay!
>
> Best regards,
> Peter
>
> ----------
> >From: Gary Edwards <edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Tamron 400/4 SP /Adaptall mounts
> >Date: Sat, Mar 13, 1999, 3:54 PM
> >
>
> >
> >Just back from the Ft. Worth camera show where I got a fantastic price on a
> >beautiful Tamron 400 f/4 SP with matched teleconverter. I hope this lens is
> >really as good as claimed in this list's discussions. It surely is
> >wonderful to
> >look through! And it has an olive finish that must be less alarming to
> >critters
> >than those huge white bottles crashing through the forest! Good thing my
> >wife is
> >a birder - she was actually happy that I bought it!
> >
> >Incidentally, I bought it off a poor, unenlightened n*k*n shooter. I let
> >him keep
> >the N Adaptall mount since I have an OM version. Mine is one of the bad
> >ones, so
> >I'll soon be filling the screw recess with epoxy to protect my OM-4Ts. One
> >writer
> >suggested removing the screw prior to filling, but I think that is not the
> >best
> >advice, considering the load applied by that 400 mm lens. Epoxy softens
> >quite
> >easily with heat. If it ever becomes necessary to remove the screw, I am
> >confident that a brief application of a soldering iron will allow removal of
> >the
> >epoxy.
> >
> >The only downside to this gloat is that I'm leaving once again for NM
> >tomorrow and
> >I can't take it with me to try out. Oh well, spring is coming.
> >
> >Gary Edwards
> >
> >
> >
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