Speaking of names, Yahoo Groups does not have a separate subgroup under
Photography. It's the only big name missing. Bah-Humbug!!
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From: "Dan Lau" <dlau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:14 PM
Subject: [OM] E(vil)bay reaches out to the Zuikoholics
> In spite of all the hard times and the ribbings we on this list
> have given to the on-line auction site E(vil)bay, I think they
> have made an effort to reach out to us and win us over. I was
> looking at my copy of PC Magazine and there is an ad by E*bay,
> the subject this time is "Photographic equipment". And there,
> right in the middle of the two (half) page spread, is a black
> OM-1 (could be an OM-2, but I think I spot a hint of the mirror
> lock-up knob on the side) with all the markings removed. No
> hot shoe, on the front is a silver-nosed Zuiko 50/1.4 lens
> (again, with no brand markings).
>
> So we must all give E(vil)bay credit for trying to reach out to
> us. Considering that they once tried to de-list Olympus as a
> specific SLR group, I wonder what made them decide to use an
> Olympus camera to represent the film camera category (along
> with a C*n*n digital Elph, a P*l*roid instant camera, and
> others).
>
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