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Re: [OM] The developments of a Zuikoholic....

Subject: Re: [OM] The developments of a Zuikoholic....
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:59:27 -0600
So should we develop our own 12-step program, oh wait, we don't really want
one, do we....

Tom

P.S. Didn't mean to make anyone jealous.  Heck, even I think the money I've
laid out was a little excessive.  The kids didn't really need three meals
EVERY day, did they?

> Greetings, all.
>
> Toms previous mail (you know, the one in which he made almost
> all of us jealous by having tons of excess gear) made me think a bit about
my
> own development as a Zuikoholic. In the beginning I got one OM-body and a
few
> lenses, however only one Zuiko -  the 50/1.8 that came on the body. The
> others were (if memory serve me right) Sigma zooms (tested propperly to
make
> sure that it was not from the batches of "crappy Sigma" gear). I was happy
with
> that for a while.
>
> Then I felt the need for another body (to have the opportunity to have
more
> films loaded concurrently) and then another one - and another one
and...and...
> In other words, my true addiction started on the body-side.
>
> Only MUCH later, like five years of my first OM-body, was I caught by the
need
> to also have Zuiko-lenses. It escapes my memory which one I bought first
or in
> which order I have bought the lenses, but the same happened as with the
bodies:
> I wanted another one...and anoter one...and...and..and....
>
> I am not sure if this really has stopped, or if the addiction has grown
just
> into another phase. While I used to use zoom's exclusively, I now almost
solely
> use fixed-length lenses for the better qualities of these. Except for my
Sigma
> 21-45 and my Sigma 50-200 apo, I rarely ever use a zoom any more. So I
have
> started buying more fixed-length Zuiko's (and being much more critical
when
> doing so) and considering selling off some of the older non-Zuiko OM-mount
> zooms - mostly to reduce the space they occupy and make room for other
gear.
>
> Now, I am only looking for one or two wide-angle Zuiko's while also aiming
for
> buying a new 3Ti body and - if such comes up - a good 2s(p). And then it
would
> really be nice to be able to equip all bodies with winders or motor drives
> rather than swapping the two I have around, but then...then I am going to
> stop...I really am. I am in control...I can controll this........ohh, who
am I
> kidding....
>
> "Hi...I am Thomas - I am a long-time Zuikoholic"
>
>
> (The Netherlands have this system where they "treat" their drug-addicts by
the
> government giving them their drugs for free to satisfy their
addiction.....I
> wonder if they have something similar for Zuikoholics....)
>
> --
> Mange hilsner / Sincerely
>
> -------------------------------------------
>   Thomas Heide Clausen
>   Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt)
>   M.Sc in Computer Engineering
>
>   E-Mail: T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>   WWW:    http://www.cs.auc.dk/~voop
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