Welcome to the club Sean, and Linda.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Davis" <mr_shabby@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: [OM] Another belated introduction
> Seeing a few other lurkers try to redeem their breach of etiquette in
having
> not introduced themselves, i'll try to redeem myself as well :)
>
> name's Sean; I'm a new OM owner - i finally got into photography last
April
> when i bought an OM-2n with a 50/1.8. after learning more about the OM
> system and using the camera for the last 11 months, i'm quite pleased that
> the sales guy talked me into the Olympus. i've added a few more things to
> my little ol' bag o' toys: Zuiko 70-210 f/4.5-5.6, tamron 35-80 f/2.8-3.8
> (primary lens), tamron 28 f/2.8, 2x teleconverter, and various
filters/odds
> n ends. just today i shelled out for another T-32 to replace my original
> T-32 that crapped out on me last month. but it's good to have a flash
> again. the other camera that i use consistently is a Yashica 124; i'm
quite
> fascinated with not only OM stuff, but medium format as well, and one day
> when i'm feeling particularly brave i'd like to build my own large format
> camera. i recently also picked up some ancient but hopefully reliable
> darkroom equipment (an old Beseler 23 enlarger with schneider lenses) so
> that i can print my own stuff.
>
> as to the other stuff, i'm a paramedic moving to a new job in Calgary,
> Alberta, Canada. i've been in this line of work for about 5 years and am
> moving from a job as a flight paramedic for a smaller service. i recently
> (last month) got married and so will now have even LESS money for OM toys
in
> the near future!
>
> I've been following the list for a number of months now, and have
> appreciated the wealth of information i've come upon, and the tips and
info
> that has been passed on to me when i've popped out the odd question. i
> confess i'll probably continue to mostly lurk as i'm an extreme newbie and
> have little to contribute except enthusiasm (unless you want to know about
> prehospital emergency medicine!)
>
> if i can toss in a question, seeing that i've just replaced my T-32, i'm
> wondering what other options are out there for OM-dedicated flash
equipment
> - off-brand stuff. i understand that some Metz flashes and perhaps other
> brands make Olympus-compatible equipment. can someone elaborate on this
for
> me?
>
> Thanks again to all on the list.
>
> Sean Davis
>
> p.s. i'm very lazy about capitalization and completely unapologetic about
> it :)
>
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