Hey, welcome back
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dropkin" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:00 PM
Subject: [OM] Reintroduction and 35SP/RC comments
>
> I left the Oly list about a year-and-a-half ago after I had
> unsubscribed for about a month and found I had very little time to
> keep up with the list. But I'm back ...
>
> A little about me: I live in St. Paul, Minnesota (many, many
> opportunities for winter photography, but the summers are nice). By
> trade I am a computer geek, with a job (performance management) that
> is unexplainable to most people. I also like music (listening, not
> playing), computers (Mac, please, though I can speak non-Mac), and
> home improvement (well, I've _learned_ to like it).
>
> My Oly stash: an OM-1, an OM-PC (backup), a 24/2.8, a 28/3.5, a 50/1.4
> (not radioactive AFAIK), a 50/1.8, a 50/3.5 macro, and a 135/3.5. I
> can bolt on a Vivitar 2800 flash and the Vivitar macro-focusing
> teleconverter people on this list like so much.
>
> I've also stuck a toe in digital with a (forgive me) Can*n PowerShot
> A40, which has been enough to play with while the prices of DSLRs come
> down to earth.
>
> I obviously spend too much time at thrift stores and garage sales,
> because I've also picked up some Oly rangefinders. My "fang" champion
> is a clean XA with an A11 flash that went for all of 49 cents (must
> have been the Kodak padded bag I found it in). I also have
> "semi-fanged" (is that a word?) a 35SP and, recently, a 35RC, both in
> good shape.
>
> My (on-topic) comment is that I love both of these cameras for
> different reasons. The SP is so competent, with its great big lens and
> spot metering and all. But the RC feels like it was made for my hand,
> from a solid piece of metal, and feels more to me like my OMs than the
> SP does. Control simply is where my hands want to find it. It's far
> more pocketable, too. The SP is the camera I tote when I know I likely
> will have to dig informal shots out of the dark. But the RC (or the
> digital) is the camera I grab when I'm out for daylight stuff.
>
> I feel kinda bad sometimes because none of these cameras gets enough
> exercise (come to think of it, neither do I). But I haven't yet
> brought myself to choose between the SP and RC. The XA has yet to get
> under my skin, but it may yet. It's still pretty new.
>
> In closing (those of you who haven't yet nodded off!), I'll mention
> that I rejoined the list because looking at the work you guys do makes
> me want to go out and improve my craft. You do beautiful work! The
> fall color shots especially made me wish I hadn't already missed fall
> here. Keep 'em coming, guys! I'll do what I can to contribute.
>
> Steve
>
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