As an alternate suggestion, embrace the OM-4!
This and the T or Ti are brilliant pieces of kit. (is that proper?) I loved the
many OM-1 bodies I've owned. I have always lusted for an OM-4T or Ti. I don't
know how VAT would affect the pricing, but www.keh.com has several bodies at
good pricing. They ship overseas regularly to Leica clients. Any condition BGN
or better should be reliable. When I worked in a camera shop, we frequently
sold our esoterica to KEH. We also sourced items from them with good results.
They are a bit more than ebay, but you can buy a bargain condition camera and
have faith that it will work. It may be worth looking into, as pricing seems
good even in dollars. I think there was a silver OM-4T in bargain condition for
$109.
Andrew
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-----Original Message-----
From: WeslakeMonza1330@aol.com
Sender: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:07:54
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] Megapixels digital cameras, phones and NO LBC
Hi List,
Currently I'm thinking about buying a new cell phone as not only would this
'save' me the cost of buying a bigger (out of stock) memory chip but
potentially would save me having to use my daughters digital camera. Here's
the
full story.
I have an old Olympus OM2Sp with a Macro lens and Macro flash that I use
for close up photography. I'd like to replace it with a good used OM4Ti but
that's another story. I used to use it for other everyday type photography
- mostly cars but increasingly found my daughters Canon Powershot 7.1
megapixels would get the job done, even for larger parts taken indoors using
flash.
I'm only interested in Nokia phones and the new N8 seems that having a
higher megapixel count etc will be the equal or match of the digital Canon.
However, it's likely to be way in excess of what I can afford (not released
until October) so I'm considering the Nokia X6 but this only has 5.0
megapixels though is almost affordable and saves me having to buy memory for my
existing phone.
As far as phone features go I almost never use the phone as a phone - its
for emergency use and I have it on what is called pay as you go rather than
a contract. Mostly I use it as an MP3 player on the train on the way home
from work (4Gb of songs on it).
Clearly the new N8 will be a superior phone to the X6 but most likely at a
price I can't afford so the question is, in the wisdom of the list, will X6
at 5.0 Megapixels be a good enough camera with enough ooomph in the flash
to be ok when compared to the 7.1Megapixel Canon camera (only every used in
standard mode).
For completeness I can add that a digital SLR camera capable of the indoor
macro (needs flash) work that I'd put it to use too is several thousands of
pounds and way out of my reach.
Any views or anyone work at Nokia.....
Thanks
Weslake-Monza 1330
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