Rolf, no, I sold the 100/2.8 because I already had an 85/2 and the
100/2.8 had come attached to a rather nice OM4Ti (which Dan has just
sold). I sold the OM4Ti and 85/2 to pay for a C*ntax G2 kit, which I
still own. The 100/2.8 is a lovely little lens and some prefer it to
the 85/2.
I will remember what you wrote about Toronto, but I think that my wife
would insist on coming with me ;-). I visited Vancouver once as well,
en route to Calgary and the Army training area called BATUS (British
Army Training Unit Suffield) in Alberta. But all I did for 3 days was
get up at OhDark Thirty in the freezing cold hut and watch live firing
exercises and fly around in Army Gazelles!
Chris
On 3 Jan 2004 , at 6:32, Rolf Lockwood wrote:
Chris, you must fly back here some time. The girls are still pretty,
they wear fewer and smaller clothes than they used to do, and there's
hardly any haggis to be seen here in Toronto. Then again, if you
wandered into Chinatown (take your pick of three) you could find some
very odd delicacies. I grew partial to duck's feet a couple of decades
ago. But we've let this thread drop, right?
I know exactly what you mean by "...city to wilderness in a couple of
heartbeats," incidentally. I'm no flyboy, but back in the 1960s flights
from England often stopped to re-fuel in Gander (sort of near Goose
Bay)
en route to Toronto. I did that stop a couple of times -- as a
passenger
-- and the first time was utterly astonished to see an airport looming
up out of pure wilderness all of a sudden. Nothing around it for miles,
it seemed, but snow and trees. Still have that image in my mind.
Back on topic, did you rid yourself of the 100 2.8 because it was a
lousy lens? I'm early in my understanding of Olympus lore, and I
haven't
heard anyone wax poetic about that lens yet. Or slam it, for that
matter. What's the general feeling on it?
Rolf
Chris Barker wrote on 1/2/2004, 4:19 PM:
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