Peter,
All I can say is WOW!
Great stuff. Thank so much. It quickly got bookmarked, right next to Hans
and Gary's great sites.
I think I can help on some things, when I find the time. I have a lot of
different OM ads in great shape that I'll scan. I do need your suggested
guidelines. I also have a lot of instructions books, but need pretty clear
instructions on how to best scan them. I can create PDFs (have the software)
but am a bit clueless on how to do it for multipage documents. I also have
a few macro shots that might make nice backgrounds that I'll find around
here.
Course, lots of promises---it's that action I lack.
Thanks again!!!
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr Peter Gilbert" <peterg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:45 PM
Subject: [OM] My New Web Site - all OM users welcome !
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm pleased to announce that my Christmas present to the OM list
> members is *finally* ready to be unwrapped. It's certainly by no
> means complete, but it is now presentable and (I hope) improving
> daily.
>
> This is my first "proper" web site I've ever built from the ground up
> myself, so it has been a real learning experience. I'd really like
> to thank Hans Van Veluwen and Mark Dapoz for their assistance,
> advice, encouragement and patience throughout the preparation for
> getting this site off the ground.
>
> I have been an OM list member now for more than 3 years. I have
> enjoyed the collective wisdom and wit of the list during this time
> and have learnt so much about the OM System and the different ways
> that different people use their OM gear for different subjects. I
> feel I have made many e-friends amongst you all, and I hope that you
> will download and enjoy these OM brochures and other OM goodies as
> much as I have enjoyed them over the years.
>
> I'd like to say a special thank you to the long term OM List
> "stalwarts" like the two Gary's (Reese and Schloss), Tom Scales,
> Hans Van Veluwen and Frank van Lindert , Denton Taylor, Giles, Shawn
> (although we don't hear much from Shawn these days he is vital to the
> life of the list), John Hermanson, Barry the BBB man in Hawaii, Joel
> W in Iowa and of course the irrepressible Doris, but also to everyone
> who contributes to the List - no matter how small you may feel your
> contribution . The OM List is a wonderful thing to be a part of, and
> this web site was done primarily as my way of saying (in a small way)
> "thank you" to everyone on the OM List who has taken the time to
> share their questions, thoughts, ideas, opinions, experience and
> knowledge with us all over the last 3 years or so.
>
> So, I know you are all eager to dive in and see what Santa has left
> for you fellow Zuikoholics....
>
> Some of the goodies that Santa has brought for all the boys and girls
> who have been good this year include....
>
> * Colour OM Brochures
>
> A growing list of full colour OM System brochures. These are the
> "serious" A4 (approx) brochures which epidemioligists now believe to
> be the cause of numerous spontaneous outbreaks of Zuikoholism. Avail
> for download as 150dpi pdf. Be aware that most are in the range of
> 4-8Mb, although some are larger and some are smaller. More brochures
> will be added as I get time.
>
> * OM Eye Candy for Your Computer
>
> A selection of 1024 x 768 resolution OM equipment product shots that
> you may find suitable for use as background wallpaper on your
> computers. Should work on either Mac or Win platform.
> I have (I hope) covered a wide range of OM tastes - ranging from
> black and chrome OM-1's for Foxy and the "purists" , OM-2, OM-2SP
> (for Joel) and a nice one of the OM-4Ti for the more avante garde.
> Santa even left something special for Susan - a shot of a black OM
> with a super gorgeous 55 F1.2. There is also a nice shot of an OM-1
> and OM-2 on a piece of tanned leather hide (oooooooooohhh !!!), and a
> nice shot of the OM-3 and 4 together. Most of you will recognise
> these pics from the various brochures on the site - sometimes the
> aspect ratio and/or staples got in the way of a more pleasing OM
> "composition", but I have done my best.
>
> If there is demand for higher resolution (1280 x or even 1600x) of
> these images I am happy to post these too - let me know.
>
> * OM Print Adverts
>
> A small selection of print-based OM advertisements from places such
> as Nat Geo, Australian GEO and Modern Photog. All downloadable as pdf.
>
> * VisionAge
>
> VisionAge section - I hope to flesh out the collection over the next
> few months. At the moment only issue #1 is avail (thanx Mark Dapoz!),
> but more will be posted as we get the time. I have Issues 10-18, so
> check back on a regular basis for further "installments". if anyone
> has Issues 2-9 (incl) let me know and we will arrange to get them
> scanned and posted to the site.
>
> * OM-related Reviews and Articles
>
> A reviews and articles section which has a small number of articles
> at the moment but which I am sure will grow as I get time to scan and
> post more articles. As an example of things to come, I have an
> interesting magazine article (not posted yet) which talks about the
> issue of black cameras absorbing more heat. It includes a picture of
> something which may be even rarer than the Anniversary gold-plated
> OM-1 - a white OM-3 fitted with a white Zuiko 100F2. Not even Tom has
> one of these babies ! Apparently only two were ever made.....
>
> * OM Instruction Sheets and Manuals
>
> I would like to build up the library of OM eqt manuals and
> instruction sheets. Between Mark Dapoz and myself we have quite a
> large range covered. These will be added to the site as time permits,
> and will hopefully build into quite a nice reference library. These
> will include the single-page spec sheets that shipped with equipment
> and also the thicker A5-size group booklets.
>
> So, now all you need is the address - here it is....
>
> http://www.deakin.edu.au/~peterg/index.html
>
> Please feel free to let me know if you find any broken links or if
> you have suggestions for improving the site. I'd like to add my site
> to the OM Web Ring if someone can give me a pointer on how I go
> about doing that.
>
> Contributions from List members to the site are always welcome. If
> you have any approx-A4 OM colour brochures or OM print adverts that I
> don't have on the site and would like to make them avail thru the
> site, please contact me before you start scanning them. I'll send
> you some guidelines regarding resolution etc and step by step
> instructions if you need them.
>
> Also, can anyone point me to where the famous OM-4 Torture Test
> article can be found? I had a copy of it somewhere but can't locate
> it - I'd like to put that on the site too.
>
> Please enjoy your Christmas OM goodies and "thank you everyone"
>
> Sorry about the long post.....
>
> peter
>
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