I'd be a bit upset. "Mint in THE box" is different from "Mint in A box".
Mint is a rather loose term but I don't think it would encompass
visible wear on the focusing ring rubber.
Chuck Norcutt
John Morton wrote:
> I recently started buying some OM System equipment from Vintage
> Visuals in Calgary, Alberta. I started off small - just a patch cord
> to connect the shutter trigger on a new KEH T45 flash to my motor
> drive - and worked my way up through various small accessories to
> some lenses. No problems per say until I ordered a "MINT IN THE BOX"
> Zuiko 35-70 F4 lens. It was in a box, but, the box it was in had a
> different serial number than the lens it contained. I noticed this
> after a careful examination of the lens revealed some wear on the
> rubber of the focusing rings. I guess I am lucky in that the wear
> seems to be very localized, and indicates its previous owner had long
> nails - I'm guessing a woman, and from the framing indicated, someone
> who did a lot of flower photography... the equivalent of that used
> car the old lady only drove on Sundays, to church.
>
> Looking more closely at the Zuiko 65-200 F4 zoom I had previously
> purchased, I again noticed that the serial number of the box didn't
> match the number on the lens.
>
> Now, they are both beautiful lenses and I far prefer them to the
> Tokina ATX 28-80 F3.5/4.5 and Vivitar Series One 70-210 F3.5/4.5
> lenses that they replace (I really like having the constant F4
> exposure value throughout the zoom range, for the OM-4 T's spot
> metering)... but one at least was not what it was advertised to be.
> When I asked them about it, they stopped replying to my e-mails...
>
> John Morton
>
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>
> Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 13:30:49 +0200 Subject: [OM] Buying a Tamron
> 80-200 f2.8 From: "Arno Mayrhofer" <arno.m@xxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> as I'm doing quite a lot of concert and theatre stuff lately, I was
> looking for a good tele prime (180 f2.8) but I found out that the
> mentioned Tamron 80-200 is just a bit more expensive, so I'm
> currently looking for one, for my OM 4. I have seen that
> vintagevisuals has one listed, but as I'm from Europe (Vienna to be
> exactly) I'd prefer to buy one on my continent (EU and Swiss
> preffered), due to the lower shipping costs and all that stuff. Has
> anybody some information where to get one of those? I don't mind
> wether it's a shop or a person, if there's anyone here, who wants to
> get rid of his.
>
> Thanks in advance, Arno
>
>
>
> John Morton http://OriginOfWriting.com
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