Hi, James,

~And~ that was $100Cdn, no?  Like around $62US?  An excellent score by you!

-frank

James Adams wrote:

> I took delivery of the ME, tripod and Honeywell Flash from the local Pawn
> Broker. It cost me $100 and the camera worked fine after I swapped the
> batteries. I had the disgusting job of cleaning off several years worth of
> cigarette tar (yuck) of the camera and the Sigma 80-200mm/f3.5-22: f4-27
> zoom.
>
> The Sigma lens does not appear to be as damaged as I had thought, as the
> scratches I had noted were on a layer of tar. After cleaning the front
> element, the lens looks as sharp as a button.  The lens still needs another
> going over, as the rubber focussing grip is still grotty. Apart from the
> cosmetics, the lens seems to function well, although the zoom action is a
> tad jerky, but further cleaning may fix this. In all I'm pleased.
> James
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