on 9/18/01 1:43 PM, M. Royer at royer007@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> That would be Jim Brokaw. He snatched it up from under
> me and I got an acute case of Zuikoholism. I obsessed
> over that thing for 2 weeks. I just had to have one,
> and to have the lens snatched away from me at the last
> second drove me slightly mad.
Wow Mark, sorry... I didn't realize I caused you so much pain.
>So I took the money I had made over 3 months of exterior housepainting (its
> a dirty job and 8hrs a day nets you 10 bucks per hour)
Been there, done that....
> The money I had planned to buy my dream computer
> system with... I had that money in my hand when I
> called B&H with an insane gleam in my eye. I put in
> the order over the phone and then sat down, thinking,
> "My God what have I done." Of course that feeling went
> right away when the box came in a few days later and I
> opened it to find inside a work of art in aluminum and
> glass :) Of course even the 24 shift is too cheap to
> get a nice aluminum case, all I got was a big regular
> case with that crappy little strap.
Appreciate that case... its NLA according to Olympus Japan. They can fix the
lens but they can't sell me a case... It is special along with the lens cap.
>The lens itself is
> a wondorous artifact. The case though is just plain,
> and I still cant get over the fact that they gave me
> that cruddy little nylon strap that will break in oh
> say 6 months.
Mark, now you can buy the mundane lenses easily in the future, you have one
of the true special gems first... I got all the mundane lenses first, spent
all my money, and now I have to buy fixer-uppers to get the good ones. Take
good care of that lens, its special. N*kon and C*anon pros have them
remounted to fit the crappy bodies they use.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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