I'll play. I don't have a strong opinion about the type camera/lens.
Actually, the only strong opinion I'm entertaining at the moment is that it
ought to be against the law to hold a wake on Saint Patrick's Day. Conflicting
intentions vis-a-vis appropriate inebriation confuses the liver, not to mention
the head.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dean Tyler" <dtyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Count me in. I like the OM-1 idea. After the camera has made the trek, you
> could post is on evilbay with a full route description. One of a kind, BIN
> $1000.00.
>
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew McPhee [mailto:macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:32 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Sending an Olympus on a world trip - which model?
>
>
>
> >Andrew McPhee wrote:
> > >What camera should we use?
> > >
> >And Moose replied:
> >Although the list often encompasses may things non Oly and clearly
> >includes many non-OM Oly threads, isn't it at the core an OM list? I'd
> >vote for an OM-1, the original OM. It could be sent about with a 50/1.8
> >bodycap, with participants invited to use it and/or any OM lens they
> >have. I'd be happy to lend a body and lens. If it comes back eventually
> >as a world traveller, I can sit down and listen to the tales it has to
> >tell. If not, that's ok too, I'd just hope that the tale of its loss
> >turns out to be interesting. Batteries shouldn't be a problem, they last
> >forever in an OM-1.
> >
> >It's sort of like the local comic strip years ago. There was a story arc
> >interspersed with other things about a rural fellow who was eating an
> >old Rambler car bit by bit. The reporter there when he swallowed the
> >last bolt asked him is there was anything he regretted about what he had
> >done. The answer: "Wow, I could 'a had a V8!", accompanied with head
> >slap. That's sort of what sending an RC, XA1, etc. around sounds like to
> >me. Like the Hokey-Pokey, the OM is what it's all about.
>
>
> My reason behind sending a RF camera around was to keep it simple, to keep
> the weight down, and to keep it cheap in case it got lost. And the
> cheapness would also avoid any extra expense of import/export duties when
> sending it between countries.
>
> But I agree that sending an OM-1 around would add some class to the
> exercise. Maybe we could compromise and just send an OM-1 body..?
>
> A couple of people have mentioned they're in favor of using a Trip 35. I
> like this idea too, sending a "Trip" on a trip seems to be fitting!
>
> Here's something else to keep in mind - we could do this round-the-world
> thing as many times as we like, the Argus group is currently on it's second
> "Argosy". We could start small this time with a RF camera and maybe next
> time use an OM-1...
>
> So what do others think?
>
> - Send an OM-1 with 50mm f1.8?
> - Send an OM-1 body only?
> - Send a Trip 35?
> - Send a XA1?
>
> Andrew McPhee
>
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