Chris Barker wrote:
> Sorry, I cannot comment on the business proposition part of it; it was
> one of the ways that I justified my purchase of a scanner back in 1998,
> but I have not sold any scans yet ;-).
No, fair enough. But I *could* sell the service, right? (Wife -- & tax man --
to consider!)
> Why spend as much as that? The Minolta 5400 is only around £500 in
> some places (see AP).
Is it any good? Can it scan negative strips as well? I don't know much about
them, but I know "C.H.Ling" has the Nikon and his scans seem to be the DB's.
> Where was your father in the 70s? I left Delhi in 1974 on joining the
> RAF; my father was manager of the Standard Bank in Delhi, previously
> manager of the Bank in Calcutta. I visited them in both places during
> the school holidays and before joining the RAF.
He didn't live over there. He went over twice. 1970s. Got caught once (in
Pakistan, I think) in civil unrest and had to leave the car there and fly back.
He drove all the way there and back with my mother for their honeymoon (camping
in the Land Rover) and all the way into Afghanistan. There are some amazing
stories, varying from almost getting shot, to driving through a chain when they
tried to rob him on the road, to managing to fit an alleged 50 gallons of
diesel into the 11 gallon diesel tank in Kabul.
Some of the pictures are amazing (all shot with his brand new OM1). But they
don't see the light of day often as they're all on slides. Such a pity.
Regards,
Simon
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