HI Jim
Would you mind exlpaining what you think is so much better in theOlympus
cameras vs the Yashica and Minoltas you used to have?
Titoy
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Caldwell <jamesfc@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] New to the list
> Ok, since you asked! The camera store was located in Largo, Florida -
(Tom,
> ever buy a bunch of OM equipment in Largo???). I'm still in Florida - in
> Palm Harbor. I now work as a Senior Systems Analyst for Bausch and Lomb -
> that is, when I'm not out running film through my cameras (can't let them
> get rusty!). Actually, not much withdrawal - but then again, I KEPT most
of
> the Olympus equipment when I closed the store <grin> - my wife sometimes
> thinks I opened the store just to buy from Olympus wholesale! I also used
> to work professionally as a motion picture cameraman. I did a lot of work
> for John Deere and UpJohn - industrial films. As a side note - many many
> years ago I even shot stills for Bausch and Lomb with my trusty Olympus
> cameras - never thought one day I would work for them full time! BTW - I
> also carried Minolta and Yashica/Contax - but they just aren't the same!
>
> Jim Caldwell
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Jim Caldwell" <jamesfc@xxxxxxx>; "Olympus mail list"
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:25 PM
> Subject: [OM] New to the list
>
>
> > Jim Caldwell said:
> > I just discovered this list thanks to Tom Scales and eBay! Just a quick
> > introduction - I was an Olympus dealer between 1977 and 1982 in Florida
> > and
> > have used primarily Olympus cameras ever since...<snip>
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Welcome, Jim, and tell us more. Did you have a store in Florida and
> > where was it. Where are you now? Did you suffer withdrawal when you no
> > longer had all that equipment nearby?
> >
> > See, Tom, Jim appears to still be OK so maybe you'll be OK too even
> > after you get through mailing out all that addictive stuff. Uh, say
> > Jim! Was it you that sold all this stuff to Tom in the first place? :)
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> > Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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