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From: Paul Wallich <pw@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, June 29, 2001 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: bad influence was: Re: [OM] debut/obscure lens question/bargain
>At 9:27 AM -0700 6/29/01, Martin G Flink wrote:
>
>>About six years ago while accompanying my daughter on a shopping trip my
eye
>>caught a display of used cameras in a little shop on Jackson St in San
>>Francisco. Having coveting a OM1 since 1972 I could'nt resist buying a
>>pristine OM2n black body with a 50/1.8. The next day I was back and
bought
>>a 75/150.
>>
>>The disease lay dormant with the exception of a mild flare up over the
next
>>two years and then flared up and was out of control after I entered the
>>wonderful time of "retirement" and then discovered eBay. From then on it
>>was a downward spiral with UPS, FEDEX and the USPS making regular stops at
>>my doorstep.
>
>Mine is a similar sad story. If my original OM-1 hadn't been stolen, I
might
>have lived happily with a 50/1.8, a 28/2.8 and a 200/4 into my twilight
>years. But then I replaced it with a 2S, and then I had to get another -1
>for old time's sake and backup. And then you people started talking about
>the benefits of all these other lenses, and I just had to give them a
try...
>
>This morning I suddenly realized that I have 14 lenses and three different
>styles of teleconvertor. But I'm going to stop real soon now...
>
>paul
>
>--
>Paul Wallich pw@xxxxxxxxx
>
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