Add to the file:
Age: 61
First Olympus was a selenium-metered rangefinder, don't remember model,
about 1967 I think.
Next Olympus was Pen F followed by FT, about 1969 I think.
Then the OM-1 ! RIght when first available. Was this about 1973?
[I hate to say how many since. Maybe 15 bodies? My wife can't see this
note ...]
Bob Benson
"Gordon J. Ross" <gordross@xxxxxxx>
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02/23/2004 10:56 AM
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Subject: [OM] Re: How old were you? (WAS: whippersnappers)
Hi Jez:
I have copied everyone who has replied into a 'members' file and will do
the
math and post it.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 6:43 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: How old were you? (WAS: whippersnappers)
>
>
> I do see a pattern - a few whippersnappers, a few curmudgeonly old
farts,
> and the rest of the list are bloody close to 50. Anyone keeping count
in
> detail to plot a distribution of age?
>
> Anyway I'm 51, bought my first OM in the early eighties when my children
> were young - because I found my Kiev rangefinder not good enough for
> close-up portraits. It was an OM10 (for which I made my own Manual
> Adaptor!)
> Sticky mirror magnets pushed me to my OM-4 (still in use) bought
> "almost-new" for 230UKP in '87. At that time I had to choose between a
> T90, an OM-40 new or the OM-4 not-quite-new - I made the right choice
but
I
> guess I'd still like a '40 as a backup.
>
> regards to all whippersnappers, COFs, and
> mid-life-crisis-should-I-buy-a-DSLR soulmates,
> Jez
>
>
>
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