On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 07:19:15 -0800, Tomoko Yamamoto
<tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Rand Tomcala, Jim Loudon, and I became the first Oly mailing list members
>to face each other last Saturday afternoon.
Oops. A few months back Paul-Laritz (from Portugal) and I had our
first pan-European Oly-gathering in Amsterdam - sorry we didn't invite
everyone... and AFAIK in California, England and certainly here in
Holland local list members do meet each other occasionally. But yours
was certainly the first US east coast / mid-Atlantic Oly meeting ;-)
You are definitely right, Tomoko, that it is really nice to be able to
see (and touch!) each others equipment.
Our local (non-Net) Olympus club has monthly meetings. Unfortunately
always on Saturdays, which is very unconvenient for me. Some of these
meetings are no more than a lecture or a meal together with a lot of
Olympus and off topic conversation. But on other occasions the group
sets out for a nature photography trip, a model photography session, a
macro/micro emphasized day, etcetera.
(We all pay an annual contribution of about $50 for our membership)
The best thing is that on such occasions all who are present use each
others lenses and other gear. This really can give you an idea of what
would be a useful purchase for the future....
All the best, Frank.
* Frank van Lindert|Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute KNMI *
* Utrecht |POB 201 = NL-3730 AE De Bilt = Netherlands *
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