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    Am I missing something?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-ORBIT-BU...item5641535ef1


    Am I missing something with this camera?

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    Re: Am I missing something?

    I think that rather than missing something, it has one too many digits in the price.

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    Re: Am I missing something?

    Just a clueless seller who doesn't normally deal with photographic equipment. Maybe they looked at the new Arcas at B&H and figured that it was pretty much the same thing.

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    Re: Am I missing something?

    The seller does say, "I am never afraid to ask too much for the best one of my prize collectibles." Commendable candor! At least he does include a lens cap, but is the tripod mount there? The photos don't show that little detail. And it is sold as is, no return.

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    Wow. Clueless.

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    Re: Am I missing something?

    Unless..... They are smuggling conflict diamonds inside it.
    Real cameras are measured in inches...
    Not pixels.

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    Re: Am I missing something?

    But, it's right out-of-the box, mint condition, never used and from the seller's personal collection! Funny how one's emotional attachment to an object can inflate its perceived value. The seller apparently has no idea that about 5 million of these were made either as an Orbit or a Calumet. There has to be an extra zero there. Has to be.

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    Re: Am I missing something?

    It's missing the text about its provision: used by Ansel Adams to create burned glass negatives!

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    Re: Am I missing something?

    Or he intended to start it at a reasonable $35.99 and forgot the decimal point.

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