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Subject: [OM] Re: 6/9 fragment of my day
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:03:35 -0400
Speaking of the 180/2.8, I thought 7520979298 might sneak under the 
radar as the description was bland and a bit off, but it's gone up fast 
since I placed a watch on it last night.  Darn. 

Earl

jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Quoting Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>  
>
>>Yup.  Of course the photographer didn't have any part in
>>it, eh?
>>    
>>
>
>Thanks, Chuck, for the implied compliment, though it's a bit
>like stealing candy from a baby with my lovely big window
>over the breakfast nook and the tolerance of my bride for
>Bogens on the table top. :)
>
>I just meant that the E-1 +180/2.8 is another one of the
>more congenial couplings of the old and new, I gather like
>the E-1 and 200/4 (my old one of which Schnozzy now owns and
>I miss it horribly at times with its beautiful silver nose).
>But the 180/2.8 is some solace for that. :)
>
>I continue to be impressed with focusing on the E-1 screen.
>I know it's not as great as with my OM-2S or OM-4 and
>2-series screen, but I honestly don't find myself yearning
>for the wonderful OM viewfinder as I thought I would.  I'm
>extremely lucky to have a good focusing eye and the diopter
>adjustment is a critical factor to get right.  (In my
>opinion, the adjuster on the dioper is a little too easy to
>change by casual bumping -- yet another thing that needs to
>be checked from time to time.)
>
>Joel 
>
>  
>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Nothing spectacular, but I've been trying to catch some
>>>      
>>>
>>very shy orioles 
>>    
>>
>>>that are nested somewhere close by.  The females are a
>>>      
>>>
>>little less 
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>>
>>>shy.  This is either a female or a not-quite-mature
>>>      
>>>
>>male:
>>    
>>
>>>http://soli.inav.net/~jdub/day/day42.html
>>>
>>>I thought the Zuiko 180/2.8 acquitted itself
>>>      
>>>
>>honorably.
>>    
>>



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