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Subject: [OM] Re: OM Zuiko MC 24-40mm f4
From: Paul Yates <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:51:11 -0400
LOL

I forgot to mention that you can see an image of the Virgin Mary when 
you look through it. That's sure to attract an even bigger crowd.

I guess I aught to start thinking about a viewing fee.


-Paul

Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Interested? Understatement. There are people here who could (or used  
> to be able to) recite the serial numbers, dates and characteristics  
> of the five separate iterations of the humble 50mm F1.8 lens. The  
> mere glimpse of a photo of this unit was enough to generate much  
> gibbering and dribbling in the far and remote corners of he world.  
> Most of us have never even heard of it.
> Be aware that one cannot own such a lens - it is the spiritual  
> property of the entire community and strange looking people with  
> beards and cardigans will be knocking on your door in the early hours  
> of the morning demanding a fondle and even the right to pump a few  
> photons through it. They will be mildly deranged but generally  
> harmless. Begin building the shrine over the Easter break.
> The next challenge is to hunt down the lens schematic and even  
> identify the correct lens hood (shade) for it.
> Hell this is much more fun than niggling about pixels.
> Remember when we used to do this sort of thing all the time?
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> On 19/03/2008, at 3:34 PM, Paul Yates wrote:
> 
>>  Once it arrives here (a friend
>> will bring it in a few weeks) I'll take some more photos and post them
>> along with any other comments or info I have, if anyone is interested.
> 
> 
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