I have bought a lot of OM equipment through the last 10-15 years, always
secondhand and mostly from private sellers.
The last 2-4 years there has been less and less desirable stuff. You can
get a lot of OM 10's, 28, 50, 100 and 135 mm lenses (the slower ones) but
the "nice to have" items are very rarely for sale. I haven't seen an 85 mm
for ages, for instance.
It seems that most of those who bought the relatively cheap equipment are
selling it and buying the newer autofocus cameras or whatever, but those
who bought the expensive OM items keep them and zuikoholics like me grab
what they can get when there is something on the market.
Lars
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> Fra: Barks <cmib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Til: Olympus List Messages <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Emne: [OM] Dearth of OMs & Zuikos
> Dato: 30. januar 2000 16:12
>
> I take the Amateur Photographer here in England and one of my great
> joys has been to turn to the Classified section at the back - to
> dream of buying a cheap but wonderful lens or body. But lately (the
> last 3 months or so) there has been a distinct lack of adverts.
>
> This week, there were 3 adverts, one for an RC and one for an OM1
> with 3rd party lenses and T20. The last was one that *has* been in
> evidence for some months: a "Wanted Olympus" advert placed by Ace
> Cameras of Bath (in Somerset).
>
> Have List members from other parts of the world noticed such a dearth
> of offerings?
>
> Chris
>
> p.s. Eudora is just the best email programme! Perhaps it helps to
> have paid for it instead of having received free from a drinks
> coaster :->.
> ~~~~~ ><>
> Chris Barker
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