The rational side of my brain says "true, true" - but the other side
of my brain
has seen how fanatical camera "collectors" can get.
It's clear now that Chris, for example, has placed me (and all other
OM-3Ti
fans / owners) in that category, but I simply want the best OM body I
can get
for MY needs, and I really don't want a battery-dependent camera for
where I plan
to take it, nor do I enjoy auto-exposure (then I may as well have
stayed with
a digital SLR with a much better auto-exposure system to begin with).
But I am dead serious. If I had the extra money, I would buy that new
in box
sample, store it for 10 years, and put it on the Japanese market. I
think
one would make a heck of a lot of money, and it's got nothing to do with
"reason".
Do you think the guy that runs the "Red Book Aid Nikkor" site actually
*uses* his Ultra-Micro Nikkors? I have seen equally fanatical Olympus
OM collectors. We're a mild bunch, the real fanatics don't belong to
lists
like these.
Anyway, just a thought... The auction ended, one bid, so somebody did
actually buy it for $2000. I bet you that same person would just as
easily
have paid $2500.
I might be wrong.
Dawid
On 07 May 2010, at 9:14 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> If some idiot pays such a price for ANY 35mm film camera, then yes,
> it will be like a stock market investment...mirroring the markets'
> performance this week.
>
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