On Mar 30, 2005 11:39 PM, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just received the brand new in box 67 with TTL meter prism. Both pre-67II. > Also a 165mm f/2.8 lens, indistinguishable from new. > > I was sweating it a bit. I did a Buy it Now, outbidding about 17 previous > bids that were only up to half the real selling price, which IMO was > fantastic. The seller had only 24 feedbacks on e-bay and did not use PayPal. > He did use BidPay, though they rejected my transaction because they > thought the seller had too little feedback for the transaction amount. I > sent a USPS money order via Express next-day mail, subsequently lost the > money order stub and the express mail slip w/tracking number. After 6 days > went by w/o the seller receiving the payment, I went to the post office. > The clerk told me there was nothing I could do without the tracking number. > I said 'look, we know when I sent it, the from address, the to address, that > should be enough for the USPS to zero in on the tracking number'. They sent > me to a back room and came up with a photo copy of the tracking slip. It > had taken six days, not one to make it to the seller's city. Payment was > finally delivered a week after sending. > > Anyhow, I'm delighted with the 67. Exactly as described. Brand new without > a fingerprint on it. All seems to be in working order, meter works, > including the battery in original packing. Haven't run a roll of film yet. > > It's initially not as heavy and cumbersome as I anticipated, though it's > obviously a camera needing a tripod. Glad I have that big heavy Bogen that > William Robb made fun of up in Canada (his was bigger). > > Will purchase several rolls of Velvia tomorrow and give it a go. I noticed > there's a special 67 tripod plate available though my regular Bogen > quick-release fits and works. Is this just a larger plate for the sake of > stability? > > Tom C.
Hmm. I'm surprised. Not one single reference to "The Brotherhood" so far. Maybe it's finally died a long overdue death. A victim of our digital times, no doubt. <vbg> Well, seriously, congrats, Tom. Sounds like a terrific buy, that you'll enjoy immensely. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
