OT: burnt camera

[dexdog]

A little humor to start off the work week.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-FT-50mm-f-1-4-BURNT_W0QQitemZ7597191093QQcategoryZ711QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[pvdhaar]

Hmm, looks like an interesting restoration project 😉

 

[ChrisN]

To be consistent with the usual ebay descriptions, the seller should grade it as "near-mint".

 

[George S.]

To be consistent with the usual ebay descriptions, the seller should grade it as "near-mint".

And... "everything worked the last time I used it..." 😀

 

[JoeFriday]

this reminds me of a night in college when my drunken roommate put a slice of pizza in a toaster oven and went to sleep with it toasting all night.. in the morning, he had a piece of charcoal that looked exactly like a completely black slice of pizza.. it was very cool, actually.. we were going to varnish it, but he dropped it and it shattered on the floor

as for the camera, I'm seriously thinking of buying it.. but the shipping is $11.. I'm not sure if that includes insurance.. I'd hate to see it get damaged enroute

 

[captainslack]

To be consistent with the usual ebay descriptions, the seller should grade it as "near-mint".

No, that would be "Minty". 😀

 

[JoeFriday]

and the seller would need to add "I don't know anything about cameras.. selling as is"

 

[jpbob100]

It looks to be in about as good shape as that "Excellent" Zorki 6 I bought a couple of years ago. 🙄