Thanks for the insights Ken; I have empathize with the sentiments ( though I'll
snip your original message for this response-sorry).
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From: Ken Norton
Sent: Monday, April 06, 1998 11:32 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Elegance and childhood, OM's--a love story?
Ah, don't be mislead by the header. <g>
A small series of posts last week (OM Elegance) dealt with an interesting
factor in the OM's appeal. I grew up in a household where photography and
cameras were taken seriously. I devoured the Modern Photography magazines
and dreamed of one day owning an OM-1 or even an OM-2. I'm 32 now, so that
means that Olympus' advertising campaign had a direct affect of me. I
couldn't afford one then, but SOMEDAY I was going to get one.
My Dad's cameras included a Crown Graphic, Argus C2, Argus C3, Voigtlander,
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