OK - if we're going to play that game (Fangsticks?) :)
WayneH found a Rokkor 16mm f2.8 (Leica clone) in a pawn shop and
knowing I had a bit of Minnie gear, let me have it for what he paid.
(The man is a saint - he's done me a couple of favours like that). When
I was offered the Zuiko 16mm by the nice woman in a pro photo store in
Melbourne (Jo knows my tastes! - so does her husband!) for AU$550, I
grabbed it and sold the Rokkor to pay for it, which it did including a
little extra to cover the *bay expenses.
As the original Rokkor cost was AU$50, I think mine cost actually me
AU$35 mint in case plus a little labour and time. At least, that's how
I tell the story. Just don't tell Wayne!
Do I win?
AndrewF
http://www.pbase.com/afildes
On 03/05/2004, at 7:04 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
>
> I think (without looking in my "files" which probably make Walt's look
> highly organized, by comparison) that my 16mm Zuiko cost me all of
> 80$US, including having it CLA'd at K&S (the aperture ring was stiff).
> Other than that, it's only other real defects are a fairly brassed
> mount
> surface (which doesn't bother making photos at all) and a little fleck
> of paint loss on the inside behind the front element (ditto the lack of
> effect on photos). Sometimes closely reading a poorly written *bay
> listing pays off. :-)
>
> ---
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon J. Ross [mailto:gordross@xxxxxxx]
> Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 16mm fish eye on xxxBay !!
>
> Hi:
>
> I 'won' one too, Also paid $550 for it with orig caps and case like
> new.
> Only my $'s were of the US variety so according to Haukeboe I got an
> excellent lens at 10% less than the average price. Andrew you got a
> steal I
> think as the lowest eb*y was $299 US and here is the description-
>
> Gord
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