On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, James N. McBride wrote:
> You are all pathetic! But Olympus is damned good stuff.....and I can
> relate.....and it's a good thing I have an understanding wife.....because I
> have bought a lot of that stuff too. My wife and kids have humored my
> addiction since the mid 70's and now my grandkids are learning to do the
> same. Perhaps group therapy will help. /jnm
Nono, you misunderstand. My significant other puts up with - even endorses
- my zuikoholism to the full extend, and has even been asking why I
haven't bought that 3Ti yet. Not buying it is called "self control" ;)
On a related note: not focusing too much on gear - a zen-like approach to
the gear - makes focusing on taking interresting pictures so much
easier. The best pictures I have taken have been on occations where I
brought a minimum of gear such as the setup described below or similar.
Regards
--thomas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> > T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 12:33 AM
> > To: Zuikoholics Anonymous
> > Subject: Re: [OM] RE:OM] Zuikohobbyism Versus "That Other Ism" [WAS] Did
> > Tombreak e-Bay?
> >
> >
> > There may not be a cure but.....I am proud to be able to say: "I am a
> > zuikoholic - but I don't do compulsary OM-shopping any more".
> >
> > In fact, remember that I was announcing a while back that now I just
> > needed a good wide-angle, and then I was all set? Remember how you all
> > taunted me with your "yeah, right"'s? Well, Giles popped in and offered me
> > a very good wide-angle for a very very good price (IMHO). It's at least 4
> > months ago, and since then I have not bought anything OM-wise (or
> > Mamiya-wise - I have a med. format side to cultivate too ;)
> >
> > I still lust for an OM3Ti and the 350mm, though. I've decided, that any
> > body failing beyond repair will be replaced with such (yeah right! Like
> > THAT is likely, considering the quality of the OM-bodies and the OM
> > repairguys). As for the 350, well....I can just look at how much (or
> > little, really) I use my 200mm before I notice that it is not justifiable
> > with yet another purchase in the tele-game.
> >
> > Actually, I find that my usual setup ( 2x OM2s/p with respectively the
> > 85/2 and the 24/2 mounted - and a truckload of films ) covers about 800f
> > my 35mm photographic needs (NO, I am NOT giving away the other gear...).
> >
> > Best regards - and happy millenium to all ;)
> >
> > --thomas
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 DAVDOU9211@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > There is no cure! Fagetabbout It! You have no hope. I have
> > tried to quit
> > > cold tukey. NO WAY. Being one with OM has caused me to chant
> > a mantra that
> > > you can imagine. People stop and stare, they don't bother me.
> > >
> > > Dave (gets off on the OM touch) Dougherty
> > >
> >
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