Hi all,
Down below, I've written some updates that you might be interested in. Most
of this information has to do with Jaap's Wide Angle page, but near the end
there are some updates on the Enschede Disaster report page and on TOPE as
well:
1-John Foster, the author of the recently released book about the Pens has
mailed a picture to Jaap of what supposedly is a new Pen camera!!! I'm not
certain whether this is for real or a hoax, as descriptions like "Liquid
Cristal Apature" sound fishy, at least (note the amount of linguistic
errors, not to mention the questionable technical feautures (what _is_ an LC
Aperture ?!?!?!?!)). Whether it is for real, or perhaps a practical joke, I
have put the picture up on my web page so the people interested in this
could take a look (and perhaps confirm/deny whether the thing will be (or
already is) for real, or not). The picture can be found here:
http://www.millennics.com/olympus/techdocs/new_pen.jpg
Also, I have asked for John's e-mail address so I can inform you guys on how
to obtain John's Pen book (a Pen FT book is apparently in the makings too).
2-Tony Hurst (who lives in Dublin) sent the following info to Jaap:
"
LP Foto Auction 11 Stockholm
Lot 321 Pen F PRC 100055
www.lpfoto.se
I don't know if this a true fundus camera, but could be worth looking at
"
Apparently some type of "Fundus Pen"(?) has been auctioned in Sweden. Does
anyone know anything about this type of Pen camera? Is it perhaps a
Scandinavian-only model? If you know anything about it, please send all
information to: j.korten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and to tonyhurst@xxxxxxxx
3-As mentioned before, Jaap will be in Japan from this Thursday (June 1st)
until the following Tuesday (June 6th), he will be off-line during those
days, so if you order anything from the Wide Angle site during those days,
please do not expect a reply before Wednesday June 7th.
4-Jaap snail mailed me a CD-ROM with a first batch of pictures for the
collection section on his page! This means that I will soon (today,
hopefully) start adding content to these collection pages. Amongst many
others, there are several pictures of the M-1, including the 50/1.8 and
135/3.5 M-System lenses. Also, there are various pictures of the golden
OM-1n (yes it's a 1n !) with the golden 50/1.4 that Jaap has. Really cool
stuff!
5-An order for a 35/2.8 has been placed by Neven Andrilovic from Croatia
(although I think the e-mail address is from Hungary?!?) The e-mail address
neven.andrilovic@xxxxxxx bounces though. Neven: are you on the list? If so,
please reply to me and/or Jaap (off-list). Alternatively, does anyone know
Neven? If so, please contact me and/or Jaap too...
6-In total I have seen some 5 additional requests for a 35-80/2.8. I have
passed all these requests on to Jaap, but please note that it is unlikely
that Jaap will be able to deliver these lenses for less than $1000, as the
current yen <-> guilder exchange rate is highly infavourable at the moment,
and there are several import duties to be paid over here. Jaap is going to
try to see if there is any way to get multiples as a package deal. For all
those people that are seriously interested in such a lens, please indicate
your maximum amount (off list) to Jaap at j.korten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and he will
see what he can do.
7-The Enschede Disaster report page is almost done, give me another couple
of days and it should be there. Over the weekend I've acquired an "El
Cheapo" Tamarack ArtiScan 4800 flatbed scanner. The thing only cost me some
$30 (new!) and that's about all I can afford right now, so I bought it in
the hope to get some acceptable (though not perfect) scans at home without
having to go to my parents' house all the time for scanning. Needless to
say, the thing doesn't support NT as well as the box suggests, so I'm now
searching for a Windows NT (TWAIN) driver for the parallel port version of
the Tamarack (AKA Boeder) ArtiScan 4800 flatbed scanner. Their own website
(nor driverguide.com, nor windrivers.com, nor driverforum.com) have this
driver, but if anyone can help me out here it would be very much
appreciated, as at present I can't use the scanner at all.
8-On TOPE 2: I've received 2 more great entries. The stuff I have received
so far has the makings for providing an excellent installment of the TOPE
page. Great stuff, and there are still a few days left to take some
pictures, so keep at it guys!!!
O.k., I think that's all for now.
Over and out!
Cheers!
Olafo
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