On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:34:08 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Just got off the phone with Olympus.

The bill to repair my E-300, flat rate, is $310 plus 6% tax which
brings it to $328.60!!

Damn.

So much for that camera.

My daughter just told me she needs a film SLR, with wide/normal/tele
lenses, UV filter, etc, for a required college class. Has to have
manual ap/shutter/focus.
She's an ed major.
I guess I'm going to fix the shutter leather on my Minolta 102, or buy
a working body. I've got the rest.
But I am somewhat ****ed about this, because the last time I got the
sticking shutter fixed it cost $125 and only lasted maybe 100 frames.
That was at least ten years ago.
I was ready to go digital SLR, and you would think that a college
class would go that way.
They will do film processing, but you don't need an SLR for that.
It reminds me too much of when my son was required to take a
mechanical drafting class and buy all the T-square bull****, when
cad/cam was already being widely used.
Or that I had to waste time learning PL/I when it was already an
almost dead language.
I won't even begin to bitch about the cost of her schooling compared
to what I paid at the same school when I was there.

--Vic