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Subject: [OM] Re: I think we will like this guy was Re: Re: Next E-x?
From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
> I hope everyone else does not take offense to the fact
> that I invited these people. I met them at another
> forum and the friendship evolved. The other forum
> wasnt constructive at least for some of us...people
> started spewing personal shots at one another.

No forum is immune. We get it here once every 18 months or so.
Fortunately, most of the trouble makers have long since bailed
for Nikon or Canon.  One cannonite remains that spears our egos
every chance he gets, but since he's so informative and helpful
we tolerate him. :)
 
> Honestly I have been a member of other groups and such
> but the OM List has been far the BEST list/forum that
> I have come across. The credit goes to everyone on
> this list! 

The "culture" of this list is rather unusual. I know that I've
encountered nothing else like it on the net.  Back in the early
days we were still acquiring arcane bits of knowlege about the
OM system (like screw patterns), but once the FAQ was completed
we were all staring at each other wondering "what now?"  What we
discovered was individuals and personalities.

Doris Fang, for instance, was such a wonderful influence to the
list. There are so many people that I could name, but would
surely miss out on dozens of others.  We discovered that not
only do we share common photographic equipment, but we also
share so many other interests. This list thrives on the
off-topic discussions. It's not about the cameras, but it's
about the people using the cameras. Sure, we discuss camera
stuff too, but this list is about something much greater than
that. It's a community of people who genuinely like each other.

In a few days four of us will be getting together in a remote
park for a week of shooting with E-1s. I look forward to meeting
another list member who couldn't officially join us, but will be
on the island while there ahead of time. The "campfire"
discussions will, of course, contain plenty of technical
discussion, but will also have plenty of OT discussions. This is
who and what we are.

If you have any problems with the percentage of off-topic
discussions, feel free to ignore them and also you might want to
take the opportunity to start a new on-topic discussion.

Welcome to the campfire.

AG-Schnozz, designated list lap-dog.

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