On 5 Oct 98, at 0:24, PCACala@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Shawn and others:
>
> > The new threaded archives are now complete up to Sep 30.
>
> Great effort, Shawn!! Even if there is a bug here and there. Nothing is
> perfect, not even OM.
Thanks.
> While you were fiddling with indexing and archiving (and perhaps trying to fix
> some of your camera gear?), I had an interesting experience photographing. I
Actually, I spent the day removing a room full of old computer gear so I can
have space to organise my camera stuff... :-)
> finally took a hike liberated from the camera vest!!! Carrying an IS-10DLX
> and a "baby" Tiltall, I scrambled up a near cliff to check out the high
> elevation seep I had previously only close encountered through a 350mm Zuiko.
> The reduction in weight sans 7 Zuikos, 2 OM bodies and a Bogen left me
> thinking I could fly. . . . but I got vertigo trying to come back down. My
> hiking partner had to come up and guide me through way too many foot and hand
> holds. That never happened to me before. It was a bit easier once I was
> relieved of the tripod. Thank goodness I didn't have more camera gear or I
> don't think I could have faced the slopes, let alone kept my balance.
>
> Another weekend misadventure. BUT, I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures
> from one of the best vantage points I've been at in along time. Hopefully the
> IS-10 was up to the task. I used it in depth of field maximizing mode and in
> aperture priority mode, so the funky autofocusing shouldn't ruin anything,
> even though it tried its best to be unfriendly!
Sounds like fun; an IS is still a possibility one day, although they seem
pretty scarce around here.
Shawn & Janis Wright
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http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
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