I finally bought a film scanner. I'm still learning but I'm really enjoying
it. Always 5 steps back technology-wise due to financial reasons, a film
scanner is a revelation to me. I have reasonable digital resolution (that I
could not presently afford if I was purchasing a new digicam) and am still
utilizing my Olympus investment.It is a mere 2700 sprintscan plus, but it is
opening new vistas to me. It has given me the opportunity to stretch my
horizons without straining my budget. I am revisiting old pictures that were
improperly printed to begin with and digitally reprinting them the way I
actually envisioned them.Slides are a revelation unto themselves. I'm still
in the film developing cost cycle vs. true digital but its an incremental
cost vs. an all at once re-investment for me. I bought into digital when it
was in the 1 megapixel stage and felt badly burned when the technology
leapfrogged my investment so quickly. Oh well, I knew it was in its infancy.
I want an E-1 or other such instrument but I feel I've given myself time to
wait for it to reach affordability for me now. Of course they'll quit making
film now that I'm content...
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: <ClassicVW@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 10:07 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Spam Alert: Re: E Accessories - prices!
>
> I smell another "MY E-1 is better than your OM-2S" argu- er... discussion
> possibly forming. I hope not.
>
> How about we agree that there are as many reasons for some of us to NOT
want
> to switch to digital, as there are reasons that some of us can't wait to
buy
> into a digital system....??
>
> George S.
>
> edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > It seems to me, Bill, that John (and Donald) already answered your
question
> > about "what price pleasure":
> >
> > Donald quoth:
> >
> > "Carrying the M6 with wide angle lens attached reminds me of why I first
> > bought into the Olympus system."
> >
> > So, he can't take the cash with him, but the joy of an M6 wide and the
> > visceral pleasure of the process and resulting photos will, I am sure,
pass with
> > him to a higher plane.
> >
> > Of course, this is an unkind thing for me to say to someone who
forwarded to
> > me, gratis, a 100/2.8 whose filter ring was deformed, yet a useable
Zuiko.
> > For that, I thank you profusely. And I am thrilled to death that you
get
> > such a kick out of your E-1... maybe one day I will also be thrilled by
a
> > digi-wonder.... But right now the FEEL and workflow of an OM or my SP,
(or even,
> > blasphemy, my Konica C35) bring me great pleasure.
> >
> > Earl
> >
> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
> >
> > On 10/24/2004 at 9:07 PM NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > >In a message dated 10/24/2004 5:17:33 PM Central Standard Time,
> > >d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > >
> > >Olympus kit but I
> > >>have decided digital - with its astronomical
> > >> depreciation is NOT for me.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >News flash. You know the money you didn't lose in depreciation? You
> > >won't
> > >be able to take it with you. That isn't a very kind thing for me to
say
> > >to
> > >one who has helped me track down some very difficult to find OM parts.
> > >My
> > >question for me is, "What price pleasure" or perhaps "What price joy".
> > >I'm
> > >having a blast with my e-1 and it is not just a matter of a new camera
> > >and lens,
> > >because it also involves a computer and software. None of these are
> > >small
> > >expenses, however if one already has the computer and software it
becomes
> > >less
> > >of a challenge. Add digital and add Olympus digital, when it works
for
> > >you.
> > >Bill Barber
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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