Do my bidding

My 70's 35mm rangefinder -  a Canon GIII QL17 - broke a few weeks after I bought it. The lightmeter's kaput. I love this camera because it's tiny and inobtrusive and has a fucking great lense attached to it. I've been wanting to get a new one and I've got a (low) bid on one going on at the moment. Six hours to go and no bids but mine as yet. Weird, as these cameras are hot property. I may get very lucky. Not.

There's another camera from that era, that's very similar: the Olympus 35 RD. They're quite rare, but I've found one and am sorely tempted. It's a 'buy it now' item.

I had a low bid going on a (digital) refurbished, unit only, Canon G5, but someone's trying to steal it from under my nose and has driven up the price to a frankly ridiculous amount for a camera that comes without any of its paraphernalia. (It uses the same battery as the EOS 300d, so I don't need a charger or software anyway.) I may end up overpaying for it now as I was drawn into this silly bidding war. Update: And yes, of course I won this one. I'm happy, but not as excited as I'd be over a vintage camera. This G5 will take over business formerly handled by my Ixus, the picture quality of which is just too disappointing compared to SLR. The G5 makes a good prosumer 'back up' camera.

Christmas bonus, eh?