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Subject: [OM] Re: UK - Olympus Odyssey camera ?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:41:37 +0100
Bad luck Ian!  But who's the lady in Chesham?

Chris
On 18 Jun 2007, at 17:32, IanG wrote:

> The first day I went out with it was a stunning winter's morning  
> (bright but
> -3C) and I took 2 films with me. Shot the first film in and around  
> St Albans
> Cathedral and was standing in the park when a bloke sidled  
> cautiously up to
> me and said 'quick, you've got to take shots of this' and pointed  
> out a
> Kingfisher sunning itself not 10 foot away. I tried to rewind the  
> film but
> it tore in the camera. I decided to dump the film and put the new  
> one in,
> but as I opened the back the bird flew off. Two firsts then - I've  
> never
> seen a live Kingfisher before (or since) and its the only time I've  
> torn a
> film in camera.
>
>
> Couple of days later, miserable weather, shot the second film more  
> in hope
> than anything else and posted on the camera. Left the film on my  
> desk. Next
> day I went out and broke my ankle. When I eventually hobbled back  
> to my
> desk, no film, it had vanished. Another first, I've not broken a  
> bone before
> (well, fingers and toes don't count).
>
> To be honest, I'm much more annoyed and pained at missing  
> Kingfisher shots
> than I am at breaking my ankle.
>
> Now the thought did cross my mind to get the OM4 out and sneak a film
> through but I didn't want to further chance my luck :-(
>
> So, I had the camera, it moved on early January but I've no pics to  
> show for
> it.  It went to a lady in Chesham if I remember correctly.
>



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