Chuck... Thanks. I saw those two and OlympusUSA DOES look very sketchy item
listed as located in the US but ships from outside the US? Weird. The second
one you mentioned looks great, but is a version 1.
Moose...
see http://www.alanwood.net/photography/olympus/auto-bellows.html where he
states:
"The original version, introduced in 1972, includes white 1× and 1.5× marks for
50mm lenses and orange 1× and 1.5× marks for the manual Zuiko 1:1 Macro 80mm
f/4 lens in conjunction with the Slide Copier. The later version, introduced in
1980, retains the white marks for 50mm lenses and the orange marks for the
manual Zuiko 1:1 Macro 80mm f/4 lens, and additionally has green 1× and 1.5×
marks for the Zuiko Auto-1:1 Macro 80mm f/4 lens."
Is there any place other than eBay to look? Any is there any kind of price
guide?
Thanks
Dimitri
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Message: 65
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:46:34 -0400
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Resonable price for a Vers. 2 Bellows?
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This (since it's claimed to be new in box) would seem to set the upper
limit
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLYMPUS-OM-AUTO-MACRO-BELLOWS-NEW-IN-BOX-/221215178695?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item338173bfc7>
However the seller is "OlympusUSA" a seller who is *not* Olympus
America and is not highly regarded here. I'm not sure why but I seem to
recall that his claimed "new" items aren't really new or some such.
Besides, he wants $40 shipping.
This might be the better deal since it looks in very good condition and
also includes a *double cable release* and a slide copier. "OlympusUSA"
is selling his NIB slide copier for $99. You might not need the slide
copier but you could sell it separately. If you're going to use this
with an OM body then you'll want the double cable release which is
itself a $50-60 item.
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olympus-OM2-Auto-Bellows-and-Slide-Copier-with-Double-Cable-Release-/130892875410?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item1e79d2c692>
Remember that John Hermanso has new slide block for the bellows. But
these will cost and need to be factored into the cost or repairing one
with cracked blocks (which may be very many of them, cracked blocks are
common).
Chuck Norcutt
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Message: 81
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:04:37 -0700
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Resonable price for a Vers. 2 Bellows?
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I gotta ask. What is a version 2 bellows? I wasn't aware of different versions.
On 4/20/2013 5:46 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> ...
>
> This might be the better deal since it looks in very good condition and
> also includes a *double cable release* and a slide copier. "OlympusUSA"
> is selling his NIB slide copier for $99. You might not need the slide
> copier but you could sell it separately. If you're going to use this
> with an OM body then you'll want the double cable release which is
> itself a $50-60 item.
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Olympus-OM2-Auto-Bellows-and-Slide-Copier-with-Double-Cable-Release-/130892875410?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item1e79d2c692>
Quite a nice looking set, if I didn't already have all those pieces.
The slide holder may be of value for anyone who doesn't have a good scanner and
may want to digitize some film images.
Bellowing Moose
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