The Blue Steeker

Like when Crumby’s 70-300mm arrived at the CB, it had a steeker. The steeker is here depicted laterally. Have you ever been queried? Got any steekers? But what exactly are steekers?

Steekers are like spells printed up on paper. The back side of the paper the spells are printed on is covered with glue. So those spells may, due to the glue, be ultimately affixed to some surface like maybe a camera lens or a hard hat for example. If it’s a hard hat we are considering, the number of steekers may correlate to the many adventures of that particular hard hat. Headache! Uh-oh!

The particular steeker here seen affixed was deliberately stuck on at the factory. That’s correct. This steeker was not added by Crumby. This steeker is an official Olympus steeker.

The purpose of this steeker is educational, instructing the knuckle head consumer respecting the 2x fl multiplier of this 4/3 lens. However, this particular lens model, the 70-300mm is the only one, to Crumby’s knowledge, that ever came with a steeker. How weird is that ?

Consider these facts. The cheap 70-300mm lens is tied for most mms with the super expensive $6000, 300mm prime. Does the 300mm prime come with a steeker? Hmm. Alas, Crumby also wonders if all the 70-300s come with a steeker. Hey! What if Crumby’s is practically the only one that came with a steeker? What if Crumby’s steeker is a collector item?

Anyhow, these days one may purchase a brand new 70-300mm for about $250 or even less. Crumby paid more. But do the new ones have a valuable steeker attached? That’s what Crumby wants to know.

Also, are steekers sort of white trash? Hold it! Crumby does not mean that stickers are automatically white trash everywhere. But Crumby does wonder if steekers are white trash on camera lenses. Like, should Crumby take the steeker off his lens?