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From: William Sommerwerck <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 7:09 AM
Subject: [OM] Canadian import duties; 16mm Zuiko; IS-30 problems
>About 12 years ago I went to Canada with some other folks to visit Floyd
Toole
>at one of the universities. (Dr. Toole is a self-professed expert in the
design
>and evaluation of loudspeakers.) I brought along my four PML microphones,
which
>Dr. Toole was going to calibrate for me.
>
>The customs officer wanted me to pay import duty. Why? Because Canada is
>desperately afraid you're going to sell these items -- even though they're
used
>-- bypassing regular importers. I was forced to leave the mics at the
customs
>office.
>
>If the merchandise were NIB, I could see this. (Maybe.) But it otherwise
makes
>no sense. It's a major hardship on professionals who need to bring
equipment to
>do their work.
Try getting into the state of Washington from south of Vancouver on business
or for some commercial or professional purpose. You go through a meat
grinder and the onus is on the individual to be 200 0n line with the rules!
On a few occasions I've been down shooting film for pleasure and one of the
absolute "musts" is to be convincing that your gear will all be coming home
with you. There seems to be an enduring belief, especially by visitors from
the US, that entering Canada is just like crossing a state line at home.
jh
>
>It would make more sense for customs to keep a detailed record of what you
>brought in, then require payment if you didn't bring it back with you. And
even
>_that_ is more than a little unreasonable -- as an individual (not a
business),
>I should be free to sell whatever I like to whomever I like whenever I
like.
>
>>>>>>
>
>The 16mm Zuiko full-frame fisheye is Really Neat. It was one of my
earliest
>purchases, and I've gotten many terrific pictures with it. Strongly
recommended.
>
>There is nothing wrong with making the fisheye distortion part of the
image.
>_Don't_ limit yourself to scenes or compositions in which the distortion is
>minimized.
>
>>>>>>
>
>I'll probably by shot down in flames for saying this, but the person who
>supposedly had bad exposures with his new IS-30 sounds as if he isn't using
the
>camera correctly, doesn't understand the basics of photography, or has
>unrealistic expectations of the sort of results print film can produce. It
would
>be nice if we could see some of the prints or negatives.
>
>I've already run a half-dozen rolls of film through my IS-30. The lens is
>complex, and hardly a low-flare design. In cases where the Sun was in or
near
>the edge of the field, a large single hexagonal flare glob appeared,
washing out
>the image. This is probably what the user is seeing, and is (more or less)
>normal for complex zoom and varifocal lenses.
>
>
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