Wow! Sorry to hear about losing your place. I'm traveling right now
but will give your list a serious look over once I get home tomorrow.
Chuck Norcutt
Jan Steinman wrote:
> I'm losing my home, and have to get rid of a bunch of stuff, including
> most of the OM collection I've carefully acquired over the years.
>
> Thought I'd give the list a shot at this before putting it on eBay. I
> haven't been following prices, so please make reasonable offers on
> anything of interest. (I'm getting enough unreasonable offers on the
> farm...)-:
>
> Most lens caps have nice labels on them with focal length and max
> focal ratio. All lenses turn smoothly and have snappy diaphragms with
> no oil showing, near-perfect glass, and no apparent internal dust.
>
> I have photos of most of this stuff, except for the motor drive stuff,
> which I haven't gotten around to yet. So if you think you're serious
> about something, let me know and I'll send pix.
>
> I'm going to the US on July 1, and can ship from there sometime the
> following week. Otherwise, it's going to be expensive shipping from
> Canada... unless you're *in* Canada...
>
>
> ===LENSES===
>
> * Zuiko 350mm f2.8, with aluminum case, strap, and two filters. The
> glass looks near-perfect to my eye. The body and case has some scuffs
> and scrapes. I'd call it: glass: 9, body and case: 7+
>
> * Tamron 300mm f2.8, with matched 1.4x multiplier, case, two filters,
> and Olympus OM adaptor. The glass looks near-perfect to my eye. The
> body has negligible brassing. The case has broken stitches on one
> corner, but is fully functional. I'd give it a 9.
>
> * Zuiko 55mm f1.2. Near-perfect glass, light brassing on aperture
> knurls. Front cap is scuffed. 9.
>
> * Zuiko 50mm f2.0 Macro. Tiny specks of brassing on the front of the
> aperture knurls. Glass looks near-perfect. A solid 9.
>
> * Zuiko 35mm f2.0. Near-perfect glass, very light brassing on aperture
> knurls. Third-party front cap. 9.
>
> * Zuiko 35mm f2.8 Shift. Near-perfect glass, some light brassing on
> aperture knurls, a bit more on the back of the widest part of the
> shift collar. 8+
>
> * Zuiko 35-70mm f3.5-4.8. Near-perfect glass. No brassing. Comes with
> Quantaray 52mm UV filter. Third-party "flip" front cap. 9.
>
> * Zuiko 28mm f2.0. Near-perfect glass, some light brassing on aperture
> knurls. Solid 9.
>
> * Zuiko 24mm f2.8. Near-perfect glass, very light brassing on aperture
> knurls. Front cap is scuffed. 9.
>
> * Zuiko 16mm f3.5 Fisheye. Near-perfect glass, some very light
> brassing on aperture knurls. A 9-minus.
>
> * Olympus Teleconverter 1.4X-A. Near-perfect glass. No brassing. 9+.
>
> * Olympus Teleconverter 2X-A. Near-perfect glass. No brassing. 9+.
>
> * Vivitar 3x Teleconverter. Near-perfect glass. Light brassing on
> knurls. 9.
>
>
> ===BODIES===
>
> * Olympus OM-4, black, with 13 screen. Average brassing of corners and
> edges, considerable brassing of rear film holder. A solid 7.
>
> * Olympus OM-4Ti, black, with 2-13 screen. Considerable brassing of
> corners and edges and film holder. 7.
>
> * Olympus OM-4T, black, with 2-13 screen, and Recordata Back 3. Much
> less than average brassing, one scratch on prism. 8+.
>
> * Olympus OM-4Ti, champagne, with super-bright Beattie 5x3 grid
> screen, and Recordata Back 4. Less than average brassing. This was my
> "daily driver" favourite. 8.
>
> * Recordata Back 4. Ugly. Heavily brassed, some rust. Was functional,
> or I would have tossed it. 4.
>
> * Focusing screens: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, and a bright Beattie grid
> screen.
>
>
> ===FLASH===
>
> * Olympus T-32 flash. Battery contacts bright and free of corrosion,
> shoe is sound. 8+.
>
> * Olympus T-32 flash. Battery contacts bright and free of corrosion,
> shoe is sound, but case above shoe has been glued. 7.
>
> * Olympus T-32 flash with Olympus Bounce Grip 2 and mounting plate.
> Battery contacts bright and free of corrosion. Flash shoe is broken,
> but as long as you keep it with the grip, it works just fine. Grip
> condition, 8.
>
> * RARE Olympus Flash AC Adaptor 2. 200 VDC for super-fast cycling of T-
> series flashes.
>
> * T-series accessories (some rare):
> ** cables (2 ea 5 metre, 1 ea 2 metre, 3 ea 0.5 metre curly, 2 ea 0.3
> metre),
> ** tripod shoe mount,
> ** off-camera curly hot-shoe cable,
> ** 3-way splitter (drive three T-series flashes in parallel),
> ** Type-4 (OM-2N) to T-series socket adapter.
>
> * Olympus telescoping fresnel lens for T-32 flash, for focusing and
> directing light for 50mm to 135mm lenses.
>
> * Olympus T Power Control 1. Battery contacts bright and free of
> corrosion, shoe is sound. Working distance decals affixed to top of
> flash for the following lenses: 135mm macro, 80mm macro, 50mm macro,
> 38mm macro, and 20mm macro. 9-minus.
>
> * Olympus T-20 flash. Battery contacts bright and free of corrosion,
> shoe badly cracked. 6.
>
>
> ===MACRO===
>
> * Olympus Bellows. Missing the part that connects the rail to a
> tripod. Top screw broken. Otherwise, physical condition excellent. 5,
> only because of the missing part.
>
> * Vivitar T-Mount Bellows, with Olympus OM adaptors front and rear. No
> brassing. 9+.
>
> * Olympus Dual Cable Release for bellows. I've got two of these; both
> near-perfect to my eye.
>
> * Olympus Varimagni Finder. Light brassing. Has been modified to fit
> E-10/20 viewfinders, but will still fit OM-Series. 8.
>
> * Automatic extension tubes:
> ** 36 mm Vivitar,
> ** 31 mm Cambron,
> ** 25 mm Olympus,
> ** 21 mm no-name,
> ** 20 mm Vivitar,
> ** 14 mm Olympus,
> ** 13 mm no-name,
> ** 12 mm Vivitar,
> ** 7 mm Olympus.
>
> * Kiron Reverse Mate lens reverser, OM mount on one end, 55 mm filter
> threads on the other.
>
> * no-name lens reverser, OM mount on one end, 49 mm filter threads on
> the other.
>
>
> ===MOTOR DRIVE===
>
> * Olympus Winder 1. Some scuffs. 7. I'll include an external power
> cable with Anderson Powerpole connectors.
>
> * Olympus Motor Drive 1. Release button missing a screw that you can
> probably get from John. Minor brassing. Would be an 8+ if it weren't
> for the missing screw.
>
> * Olympus Motor Drive 2. Very lightly used; no brassing. 9+.
>
> * Olympus M.15V Ni-Cd Control Pack 2. Was working five years ago;
> current battery condition unknown. No brassing. Physical condition 9+.
>
> * Olympus M.15V Ni-Cd Control Pack 2. Was working five years ago;
> current battery condition unknown. Above average brassing. Physical
> condition 7.
>
> * Olympus M.15V Ni-Cd Charger 1. 8.
>
> * Olympus M.18V Control Grip 1. Chipped plastic on base, but fully
> functional. 8.
>
> * RARE 10 metre relay cord, for remote operation of motor drive. Clips
> on bottom of MD-1 or MD-2; other end connects to M.15V or M.18V for
> remote motor drive power and trigger.
>
> * Olympus 250 Film Back 1. Lets you take almost as many film photos
> without reloading as you can get on a 2 GB memory card. :-) But it
> looks cool...
>
> * RARE Olympus 250 Film Loader. Lovely hardwood base. A few scratches
> and scrapes. Perfect mechanically.
>
>
> ===DIGITAL===
>
> * Zuiko Digital 11-22mm f2.8-3.5. Near-perfect glass. No brassing. 9+.
>
> * Olympus FL-40 flash. Battery contacts bright and free of corrosion,
> shoe is sound. A few scuffs. 8+.
>
> * Olympus TCON-300 Tele-extension Lens for E-10/20, with LH-2 lens
> hood and TCON-SA-1 support arm.
>
>
> ===BOW WOW===
>
> Yours for cost of shipping with any other purchase; otherwise they'll
> be donated to the local high school photography class:
>
> * 135mm, f3.5 Vivitar T-mount, with Hoya 49mm Skylight filter. The
> glass is actually in good condition, but the body is heavily brassed.
>
> * 180mm f3.5 Soligor T-mount. Glass is nice, body heavily brassed.
> Filter threads dented.
>
>
> ----------------
> I have to understand the world, you see. -- Richard P. Feynman
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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