In a message dated 1/8/2003 10:15:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lwunderlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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> Hi, Olympus folks. I signed on to the list a few weeks ago and would like
> to introduce myself. My name's Linda; I'm 39 and live just outside
> Washington, DC in Arlington, Virginia.
Welcome to the list, Linda! I hope the current wave of OT posts hasn't turned
you off to us yet. It usually isn't this bad!
>
> This summer I stopped at a flea market looking for a small piece of carpet
> and on the way out I spotted some camera equipment at a vendor's table. It
> turned out to be a nearly mint OM-2n with the original 50mm f1.8 lens, a
> Vivitar 70-210 MC macro focusing zoom, a Vivitar 2x matched multiplier
> (more on that in a later message), a couple of skylight filters, a T32
> flash, a Bounce Grip (more on that later, too), a Winder 2, and a few TTL
> autocord thingies.
>
> Immediately I fell in love with the sleekness and compactness of the camera
> and lenses, the beautiful lines, and I remembered wanting an OM-something
> back when I got the C*non many years ago. I couldn't resist. He was
> asking $225 for the lot shortly before the close of the flea market, saying
> that if he couldn't get that he'd put the stuff on eBay. I had $200 in my
> pocket which I had just taken out of an ATM to be my spending money
> (groceries, transportation, all those unimportant things) for the next
> couple of weeks, so I offered him that and he took it.
All that for $200?? Good thing you weren't on the list 4 or 5 years ago. "I
found a real fang today" rolls off the tongue (and keyboard) a lot easier than
"I found a real wunderlich today"
(For those of you who don't know what a Fang is - Doris Fang, a former list
member, became legendary for finding incredible bargains at garage sales and
such. Now in list-speak, when someone gets a great deal, it's called a "fang".
It can also be used as a verb, in this case Linda "fanged" a great piece of kit.
Linda, I'm not familiar with the Vivitar lenses, but an OM-2n with Winder 2,
T32, and Bounce Grip makes a great rig for flash work. Many on this list think
the OM-2n is the epitome of OM bodies. They really are sweet handling cameras
(I have 2 myself).
Paul Schings
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