Hi Richard:
Greetings from a fellow left eyer.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lovison" <rlovison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:00 AM
Subject: [OM] introduction
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have recently stumbled across this mailing list while doing searches for
OM
> information on the web. It's a pity I never discovered it earlier as
after
> rummaging through the list archives I came across many informative
articles.
>
> My passion for photography started when I was in grade school. At that
time I
> made my first contact printer out of plywood, a 40 watt bulb and switch
and 2
> sheets of window glass with white tissue wrapping paper sandwiched between
> them. Worked like a charm with black and white 2 1/4 negatives and Kodak
> contact printing paper. I wish I still had that 2 1/4 camera. I don't
> remember the name of it, only that the camera was like a Rollei.
>
> I became an OM user back in1976 after purchasing an OM1-MD that I still
own
> and John Hermanson recently serviced (your the best John :) ). I used it
> mostly for general purpose amateur photography and being young and newly
> married, couldn't afford to build up much of a lens collection except for
a
> Vivitar Series 1 90-180 Flat Field Zoom. Much later, after a move to the
> Berkshires of western Massachusetts, I used the OM1 body for
astrophotography
> through a Meade LX3 and Takahashi FC-60. Now that was an exercise in
> patience... back in the late 80's and early 90's ccd autoguiders were a
new
> concept and expensive and since I didn't own one, my left eye needed to be
> "glued" to the eyepiece in order to follow a guide star for 1/2 hour to 1
> hour exposures.
>
> In early 2003 I decided to get back into nature photography, something I
loved
> since I was young. I thought about switching to digital but still felt it
> was too early in development and expensive so I decided to stick with
film.
> I was now in a better financial situation to purchase some additional OM
> lenses and accessories so I started looking around for some used
equipment.
> I managed to pick up a Zuiko 28mm f2, Zuiko 35-70 f4, Zuiko 85-250 f5,
winder
> 2 and a T32 flash, all in excellent condition. There's a champaign OM4t
on
> its way (hopefully, for it was an eBay purchase) that looked in great
> condition... looking forward to the 7 day check out period.
>
> In the future I hope to be contributing something of value here but most
> likely, I'll probably be learning from all of you for a while. :) Take
care.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Lovison
>
>
>
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