Hi Bill
You have made one beautiful literary piece descriptive of our addition. You
should be writing more...
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Stanke <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Just got OM-1n back from John H :)
> Mark,
> Mark,
>
> The OM-1 has the strange and wonderful power to consume the soul of the
> owner.
>
> It all happens very innocently, with one small purchase from evil bay.
> "It's only one", you'll tell yourself, "I can handle it". Then you'll
> feel the need to buy an OM-1n, because "well, they're better", and a
> black one, "because they're prettier", and an early OM-1 without the
> motor drive provision, because "it has historical significance".
>
> Pretty soon, you'll be cruising the seedy parts of town, haunting pawn
> and second hand shops. You'll buy specimens with rotting foam, stuck
> mirrors, missing self-timer levers and fungus on the shutter curtains.
> "I just bought them for the parts" you'll tell yourself. I really
> needed the rewind knob/focus screen/motor drive cover for one of my
> OTHER OM-1s. Then you'll have to buy other OM-1s for the parts that you
> stole off the last round of "parts" cameras.
>
> It's a sickness Mark, a terribly dehumanizing, degrading disease.
> Fortunately, you're among friends here. Friends that will "be there"
> for you Mark, until your mind and body are purged of this malady.
>
> Long-time list member Chris O'Neill has developed a comprehensive
> program that is restorative, but only if you follow his guidance
> exactly. First, you'll need to carefully wrap and send him both of your
> 24 mm shift lenses. Better send him all of your OM bodies as well.
> Chris will probably want to start you off with a Kodak disposable, but
> this should be no problem for you, since you live in Rochester, after
> all.
>
> Yes Mark, you're lucky to have stumbled into this caring (virtual)
> community of committed brothers and sisters. With luck, commitment and
> dedication, you can beat this thing, and go on to live a useful and
> productive life. <EG>
>
> Bill Stanke
>
> P.S. Hi Chris, and welcome back!
>
>
> "M. Royer" wrote:
> >
> > It just arrived today. Man is this camera different
> > from my OM-4's. I won it off of e-bay and since the
> > seller said it had a clear case of foam rot I sent it
> > off to John H the day I got it in for the post after
> > only a few hours of cliking the shutter. I'll
> > definitely have to aquaint myself to the fact that
> > there is no auto mode. The shutter and mirror sound a
> > whole lot more solid than the OM-4's shutter and
> > mirror. The new foam looks so much better than even
> > the 4t's foam and overall it feels more solid in my
> > hands what with there being almost no plastic on it at
> > all. And coupled with a 50/1.4 silvernose it looks
> > like a real classic. Looks like the best $125 I ever
> > spent on e-bay.
> >
> > Mark Lloyd
> >
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