I inquired about shipping to US for the one Bill found. Airmail would cost
£27.00 + £3.30 for signature - Surface mail would cost £ 20.00. A little
rich for my blood.
Darin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: re First you take a little kerosene, then you take a match
. . .
>
> There have been a few traps for the unwary raised on this thread:
>
> David's spotted listing is for the first edition of the SIF (with
> multi-ring
> binder)
> Bill's is for the second edition (with three ring binder)
> Another first edition example was offered onlist in mid March
>
> I know that from time to time there were additions to the second edition,
> as
> I have two separate contents pages, only one of which includes most of the
> last release of lenses (but it excludes the 3Ti body) - presumably it was
> the same for the first. Make sure you are getting what you want!
>
> The first edition is included in the CD version of eSIF. It is not
> included
> in the online versions of eSIF, as far as I know. Yes, I also have eSIF
> on
> my HD - but the paper version is easier to browse.
>
> Shipping from UK can be expensive as soon as you break the 2kg barrier,
> and
> my SIF weighs 2.3kg, but the same applies to shipments from US (I was
> quoted
> USD32/air, USD23/surface to ship the onlist example to UK). The beauty of
> the SIF is that you can split it into two <2kg shipments, which would be
> cheaper than one overweight shipment (I estimate about GBP25 vs GBP33,
> both
> airmail).
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of David Carter
> Sent: 05 May 2005 10:08
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] re First you take a little kerosene, then you take a match .
> .
> .
>
> If two's company, will we find a crowd?
> This one is in "Upstate, NY United States"
>
> c. 1978 Olympus OM-1 OM-2 OM-10 Dealer Catalog
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15239&item=7512659130
> &rd=1
>
> David
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [OM] First you take a little kerosene, then you take a match . .
> .
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 17:25:19 EDT
> From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Regardless of what they taught you in scouting, this is how you start a
> fire. Now I'll see if I can start an Olympus ebay fire.
>
> IMHO, the best resource for things Olympus OM and then some is the
> "Olympus
> Sales Information File," which is/was the resource material for Olympus
> dealers. I got mine several years ago from a dealer who no longer was
> handling OM gear. Imagine that! Definitive answers to many of the
> questions inquiring minds want to know about are found in this loose leaf
> manual.
>
> ebay item #7512770535 is just such a manual. Check it out. Whoever ends
> up
> with this will be happy (actually a little more than happy).
>
> Do I need to say that although I may just be a guy with an opinion, I also
> happen to be a guy who has most of the other reference/how to books about
> Olympus OM stuff in addition to having an opinion? This one is a dandy.
> No, mine isn't for sale and they don't show up very often.
>
> Let the sniping begin. [8^) Bill Barber
>
>
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