On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Tom wrote:
> So should we develop our own 12-step program, oh wait, we don't really want
> one, do we....
>
Uhmm...no....
> Tom
>
> P.S. Didn't mean to make anyone jealous.
That was meant as a positive joke :) Not jealous as in "I wish he didn't have
that" but as in "Wow, what a nice collection - I wish I had the money to get
something similar". Kinda "admiration" for your stuff. Anyways, english being a
second (or third - depending on who's counting) language to me, I guess I
should try to be carefull when trying to make a joke...
> 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?
What? You feed them every day? True, that is excessive :)
--thomas
>
> > 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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Mange hilsner / Sincerely
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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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