And a camera loaded with film being irradiated somewhere during
shipment......
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Sending an Olympus on a world trip
> iwert wrote:
>
>>>I have taken a good look at this site. Great photos BUT we need to
>>>figure
>>>out in advance how to deal with the problems that seem to arise all the
>>>time.
>>>People who either change their mind about the trip and won't accept that
>>>they should bow out and send the camera on its way (keeping the camera to
>>>themselves), people who take too long to make their shot(s), and the
>>>camera
>>>going missing between participants. And the copyright issue - I see there
>>>are
>>>several blank frames seemingly where people have insisted "their" shots
>>>be
>>>pulled from the website - this needs to be sorted beforehand.
>>>
>>>Maybe a smaller camera that has less intrinsic worth than the OM1 - for
>>>example a Mju 1, or Stylus Epic; and maybe more than one to get the
>>>project over and done within a year.
>>>
>>>My 2 cents
>>>
>>>Brian
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I am interested in this project as well,
>>but was thinking also about customs. The value of the camera should really
>>be under 50 US,- dollar, and the package marked as GIFT, otherwise belgian
>>customs would charge about 20 euro VAT and Handling! would become an
>>expensive project... I'v got another idea for the project as well...
>>couldn't we send a pinhole around the globe, or a 50mm MIJ or so. Much
>>less
>>expensive, and easily replaceable if lost? And we can all use our own
>>OM's.
>>
>>Just an idea!
>>
>>Iwert.
>>
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