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From: Peter Leyssens <leyssens@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: Peter Leyssens <leyssens@xxxxxxxxx>
To: owner-olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (olympus-digest)
Subject: The Diary of Peter F.
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:04:39 +0100
Dear Kayla, Max and other new, fellow Zuikoholics,
Turn back NOW ! Before it's too late ! Zuikoholism is a dangerous disease
that spreads without the victim realising it before it's too late. It has
severe symptoms that seem unrelated, but without exception lead to only one
conclusion : must... use... Olympus... gear...
I was a happy owner of a snapshot camera, P&S, made by Minolta. Before
that, I had had an OM-1, which I later traded for an OM-3. I thought I was
safe, but as any addict, I was just lying to myself. Just one wedding,
that's all it took for me to be reverted to Olympus.
I had selected a number of pictures from my travels to the Far East for an
exhibition. Today, I was just looking through the pictures, and all of a
sudden, it struck me that actually, those pictures weren't really as good
as I should be able to shoot them. And anyway, there wasn't even one shot
with the 90/f2 ! With hindsight, I realised that the efforts I've been
making lately to convince my bosses that a trip to our Japanese office is
really necessary, weren't because I really like Japan, let alone that the
company paid trip would be necessary ! No, I need to go there to shoot
those pictures with OM gear. And worse, I need to go and raid the second
hand shops for a shift lens *urgently* ! And probably to replace my 28/2.8
by an 28/2. And to add a 250/f2 to the collection too. Did I mention a
100/2 to compare to my 90/2 ? A couple of teleconvertors would be nice,
and I've only got one 1-13 screen for my 2 bodies.
*shrug*
Resistance is useless. You will be assimilated.
Peter.
PS : I don't know if the book I refer to in my subject is as well known in
the US as it is in Europe :-)
BTW : are film scanners cheaper in Singapore/Japan than in Europe ? I
don't want to spend $1K, rather $300. Darn, I've convinced myself I need
one of those too ! Where do I need to send all my gear in order to be
cured ?
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