Dirk Wright wrote
> The sales clerks make fun of people like me when I inquire about OM
> gear,
You must be going to one of those high-volume places that sell
entry-level Minoltas with 28-200 zooms. Of *course* they don't
want you around making all the other customers feel inadequate.
Where I go, the attitude to OM varies from worship to
quiet respect tinged with mourning. As most good camera shops
have a selection of used equipment of a dozen brands or more
in half a dozen formats they're pretty unlikely to look down
their noses at quality equipment of any brand or age.
*Never* seek approval from a salesperson.
> there is very little used stuff in the glass cases,
Mainly because it's snapped up so quickly, especially the rare
stuff.
> and no new OM gear at all in any store locally.
You can't blame them. Try asking to handle other low-volume high-quality
stuff like the most expensive Minolta bodies and lenses - I bet it's
"not in stock."
> The pros have been seduced by the AF demons and thus left the OM line
> in a hurry.
You don't think it might have been the 1/60 flash synch and the holes
in the lens line that they couldn't put up with?
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