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Walt,
I don't want to know the pro's name or paper, but I'd love to hear the gist of
his reaction. Could you share it offlist?
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Re: Selling out
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:02:54 +0000
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>The dawning of a new day, following lots of sobering advice (and time to sober
>up), finds me crawfishing as fast as I can. The OM gear is safe, at least for
>the foreseeable future. Big-time digital just ain't happening here right away.
>
>The notion to wait for the next iteration of the big C*n*n was forming in my
>mind even as I wrote yesterday's post, and then it was reinforced by Winsor.
>I'll do that for sure. And I'll definitely take anything that exorbitantly
>expensive for a test drive before making any sort of final decision.
>
>I got great advice and valuable opinion from all of you good folks. Why
>didn't I have a similarly knowledgeable group to consult a few years back when
>a friend and I shoehorned a souped-up small block Chevy V-8 into a TR-6? Talk
>about a disaster!
>
>The real eye-opener and the clincher for me was an e-mail from a working pro,
>a staff photographer for a major U.S. daily -- and I'm not talking about the
>Hooterville Hollerer here, but a MAJOR daily. Since the e-mail was off-list
>and a private communication, I will mention neither his name nor paper. He
>may very well have good reason not to make his feelings known publicly.
>
>Suffice to say that he has hands-on experience with the very camera and lenses
>about which I expressed my acquisitive intentions. He was not enthusiastic,
>to put it mildly. If he feels inclined to share his observations with the
>list, I'm sure you will all find it profoundly elucidating. I hope he will,
>but that's his decision. In any event, I am most grateful to him for his
>input.
>
>And besides, the more I thought about boxing up all my OM gear and driving if
>off into the KEH sunset, the more reluctant I became. Also, I've got over 130
>rolls of film, not counting the 120 stuff, in the fridge. What was I thinking?
>
>Thanks, gang! I'm home again.
>
>Walt, and old dog with no new tricks
>
>
>--
>"Anything more than 500 yards from
>the car just isn't photogenic." --
>Edward Weston
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