Hi Tanya,
Don't know if you'd appreciate any more posts on this (very painful, I'm
sure)
subject but here's my two cents:
About four years' ago, I was a struggling architect (still am but the
struggle
gets a little easier now :-) and I'd managed to save up enough to buy a
(new)
Olympus OM4Ti. This was priced around $1100.00 (without customs and
other
duties) if I recall correctly. When I finally got it after a year, I was
delighted- no, that's not the right word- overwhelmed would be closer, I
think.
Three weeks later, my cousin drops in, begs me to lend him my camera for
a short
business trip (2 days) to Australia. So I lend him the OM4Ti. Yeah, I
know, bad
move.
Two days on, I learn he's been mugged- beaten up pretty badly and the
camera is
gone.
That was it: I couldn't bear to see my collection of OM lenses anymore-
I just
locked up everything and didn't open that cupboard for a couple of
years.
That was also it for Olympus- I switched to Pentax as it seemed the
closest in
spirit to all I had admired in Olympus.
What happened to the cousin? When he could speak through his wired jaw,
he
mumbled something about about fate and then hastily vanished. Get a card
from
him sometimes- no, he doesn't mention cameras anymore!
Three years ago, I began saving again and got a (new) MZ5 and then
slowly, a new
series of Pentax mount lenses. I later picked up a PZ1p.
Have to admit, the pain of losing that brand new camera was incredible.
Still
gives me a twinge sometimes. Might add that I'm from India- here you
don't just
go to a camera store; you first find a reliable importer, order, wait
for months
and then pay incredible duties (upto 75%) on the basic prices. Kinda
makes you appreciate
the camera a lot more when it finally arrives :-)
All the best for the new camera.
RK
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