The truly infuriating thing is that parts for some (if not most) of these lenses
are officially "NLA" -- No Longer Available! When I asked someone at Olympus
how they could still sell items if repair parts weren't available (for warranty
repairs, etc.), I was told that if I had one that needed work I should send it
in to Olympus for repair -- if it needed parts, they'd just go to the warehouse
and strip the part off a new lens! But they would NOT sell the parts for anyone
"outside" to do the work.
Jim Brokaw wrote:
> on 10/9/02 11:25 AM, Andre Goforth at andregoanon@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > Any chance they will have a fire sale to get rid of
> > old stock?
> >
> > Andre
> > --- John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> According to Olympus America, these are the only OM
> >> lenses still available
> >> new from them:
> >>
> >> 35-80mm zoom
> >> 50mm f1.8
> >> 50mm f1.2
> >> 50mm f3.5 macro
> >> 90mm f2 macro
> >> 350mm f2.8
> >> 400mm f6.3
> >> 600mm f6.5
> >> 1000mm f11
> >
>
> Line me up for a flammable 90/2.0, a spontaneously-combustible 350/2.8, and
> a brightly burning 35-80/2.8 then... interesting that the 400, 600, and 1000
> are 'still available'. I bet they made a batch of those lenses in 1981 and
> they're still selling them off -- here is our chance to get a
> brand-new-in-the-box silvernose lens...
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
>
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