Hey, not fair to take advantage while my wife is in the hospital.
<I hope everyone knows I'm kidding>
Great find!
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Bulger" <david_bulger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: [OM] Got one on Tom in his own backyard (long)
> Zuiks,
>
> Jes' have to crow on this one a bit. Doing a cursory scan of the
> classifieds this morning (they almost never have OM stuff) I came across
an
> ad for an OM-2 with 5 lenses, filters, etc. for a ridiculously low price.
> Calling the guy, he told me that the lens set consisted of 4 Zuikos and a
> Spiratone 400/6.3. Being hot for an OM2 and the 3.5 macro, I told him I'd
> be right over.
>
> Getting there, this is what I found:
> OM2 MD w/hot shoe, E+
> Never-ready case for the body
> *Zuiko 24/2.8 Mint-
> Zuiko 50/1.8 Mint
> *Zuiko 75-150/4 NIB
> Zuiko 50/3.5 Macro Mint
> Spiratone 400/6.3 Mint/OM mount (odd lens, this is)
> OM Lens shade for 85/2 & 100/2.8 E-
> OM 25mm Extension tube NIB
> *OM 1-8 Focusing screen NIB
> *OM Quick Auto 300 Flash (E)
> *Vivitar 2x Teleconverter Mint+
> *Spiratone 60mm Close Focusing Tube for the 400 NIB
> Teeeeny Sekonic Micro-Clipon exposure meter (attaches via a hotshoe) Mint+
> OM Manual for Flashphoto Group
> OM Manual for Zuiko Interchangeable Lenses Group
> Cute little clamping-type tripod
>
> In addition to the list above, there were numerous filters, cords, etc.
All
> lenses other than the 50/1.8 came with their OM cases, and the 24/2.8 with
> an OM lens shade.
>
> The Spiratone is about 16-18 inches long and has no auto-aperture. There
> are two rings on the lens -- one to set the aperture and one to open/close
> the aperture down to the selected stop. It weighs about 1/3 of my Zuiko
> 300/4.5, so I'm assuming that there's not much glass and a lot of open
tube
> in the lens.
>
> Doing my best not to let me enthusiasm get the best of me, I dutifully
> checked out each piece for diaphram oil or sticking, clean glass, etc. I
> apparently took too long in checking the stuff out, because the guy
offered
> to take less money if I agreed to take the whole package. In keeping with
> my _personal_ moral integrity thing, I had to tell him that what he was
> selling was worth more than what he was asking, though it might take more
> time to get the maximum $$$ on the stuff. He told me he was in a hurry
for
> the money in that he had a baby coming, so we struck a deal and I walked
out
> with the whole shebang.
>
> Needless to say, I'm a happy guy.
>
> Stuff marked with an asterisk is for sale - listees first, eBay next. I'll
> figure out what they're worth and formulate appropriate listee prices --
> lemme know off-list what you're interested in, and I'll do the
> first-come-first-served thing. The Spiratone 400/6.3 is available, but
I'm
> loaning the OM mount to another listee for an undetermined amount of time.
>
> Getting back to the plans for an OM-dedicated extension to my house...
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
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