That is an incredible deal! I have 3 OM-4T bodies and still would have
bought it for $57 and I wouldn't have had to go think about it :)
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On 9/30/09 1:56 AM, "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I called in, as mentioned elsewhere, at a couple of camera shops, and at
> one of them, Photo and Video, Merivale, the owner made me an amazing
> offer. I knew they had recently taken in a lot of OM bodies and Zuikos in a
> trade-in deal.
>
> He offered me an OM 4T for NZ$80. I said; "No no Greg, I already have
> more than I need, thanks all the same".
> $NZ80 = Eur 35 or USD 57.7
>
> So I left the shop and drive away. 4 blocks away I realised I needed to
> inspect the 50/1.2 that came in recently in the same batch of gear, so I
> turned around; and started thinking that a 2nd OM4, even with the old
> circuit, could still be useful. in the end, I plonked my $$ down and now I
> have
> it. It apparently has the new circuit in, which is a bonus..
>
> About 10 years ago I paid locally, $750 for the 3rd hand OM4Ti silver I use
> all the time.
>
> At the very least I have a good exposure meter for the 617, for a fraction of
> what those things sell for.
>
> Brian Swale.
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