actually, Guy, if it was me i'd preferred to have it looked at by a service center. this is a discontinued model that has been sitting on the shelf for god knows how long... i'd rather know a human being actually put it through it's paces and made sure the camera was in perfect working order (you just may have to wait to play with one, Guy).
i bought mine used, but felt a whole lot better about it after i took it to a service center to have the sensor cleaned (i'd been shooting stopped down and saw the specks right away) and had him do an overall check. framelines, shutter, etc., were all hunky dory (the only other problem was a bubble in the covering and he fixed that for free). it made me feel a whole better that an expert had looked at it and, frankly, the same could be said if i'd bought it brand new. there's something reassuring about the human touch.
eta: Helen, i LOVE that last pic. the newspaper guy looks a bit like Big Russ
