That is a very nice story.
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Fabio Fiorellato wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> just wanted to share with you a (grainy and fairly horrible
> mobile-phone-taken) picture of my biggest son, Federico (aka 'Kiko') wearing
> - and actually *using* - the OM-1n I had acquired from one of you list
> members some years ago... :)
>
> The picture is here: [ http://flowerside.netsons.org/misc/ChicOly.jpg ]
>
> That cute little guy went wandering around the small village in the Southern
> Italian appennines where we were staying, taking pictures of drain tubes and
> other interesting (!) items he met during the journey: lamp posts, cats,
> rusty locks, archways...
>
> Attached to the camera there was an E.Zuiko 100mm f/2.8 focused to 2 meters
> and stopped down to f/8 (the shutter time I set on camera was arguably
> 1/125, given the ISO 100 colour film we were using and the fairly lit day).
>
> He shot almost 20 frames before asking me to carry the weighty (!) outfit,
> that I was pleased to pass him whenever he found something interesting to
> take pictures at. He even took some portraits of me myself... :)
>
> The morning after, he simply *stole* the camera (he was able to correctly
> pull the rewind lever and arm the shutter without any help) with a G.Zuiko
> 35mm f/2.8 on, and started taking pictures of the view outside his room's
> balcony... He was strangely silent during the process... :D
>
> Boy, these are things that make every photo-enthusiast dad as proud as he
> could be!
>
> As soon as the rolls will be developed, I'll let you know if the guy has
> "the eye" or not...
>
> BTW: when he was something less than 2 years old (now he's 4 years and a
> half) I found him enjoying pulling out straight from the protruding tail, at
> least ten (10!) unexposed B/W film rolls I didn't care to store away from
> his curious hands... He still remember that episode and laughs at it. Me, I
> laugh not. At least not when he's around... :)
>
> Ciao!
>
> Fabio
>
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