Charlie, have you considered continuing to use your OM system and having
your film scanned? That would meet the 'digital' requirement and allow you
to use the tools you know so well.
Also, if your VF is dim, you might try a '2' series Oly screen or send a
couple of your existing screens to Bill Maxwell to have him apply the HiLux
process to them.
hth/ScottGee1
On 6/16/05, Geilfuss Charles <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings All,
> This past tuesday evening I attended our monthly church Men's Club meeting
> mainly to hear the guest speaker, a fellow in his early 40's who, back in
> 1988 after getting out of the Airforce, decided to take some time and hike
> the entire Appalachian Trail start-to-finish in one trip. He began his trip
> on Mt. Spencer, Georgia in mid-April and 2100 miles later reached the summit
> of Mt. Katahdin (sic), Maine around mid-October. His presentation was an
> informal account of his adventures while showing color transparencies he
> took along the way. During the question-and -answer period I posed the
> following questions: how many pairs of boots did you go through?; how many
> rolls of film did you shoot?; and what camera did you use? The answers:
> three pairs of good quality boots, 20 rolls of Ektachrome
> and........................(drum roll please)............. an Olympus XA! It
> warmed my heart.
>
> Some months back you may recall I posted a message about an upcoming Photo
> contest at Grandfather Mtn, NC. Well the event was held the weekend of June
> 3rd and I had a very good time. The weather was a bit dicey on Friday
> (rained all day), but Sat/Sun were great...bright cloudy both days. So not
> much in the way of sunset/sunrise photos but great light for just about
> anything else. The winning entries should be posted any day now on their
> website:
>
> www.grandfather.com/ <http://www.grandfather.com/>
>
> Look for Special Events 2006.
>
> The only bad news (at least for me), they announced that this would be the
> last year of the contest for film; from here on out digital only. Scattered
> boo and hiss drowned out by the cheers from the younger crowd who made the
> switch a long time ago. Well this may force my hand into making the digital
> plunge. I've looked at a number of DSLR's the last few days and I must says
> that none of them are anywhere near as comfortable as any of my OM's and the
> array of buttons and menu's make my head spin. I must admit though, I could
> get used to auto-focus. Kind of makes up for the dimmer viewfinder. So far
> I'm partial to the Pent*x D ist and the C*non Rebel XL/ 350D. Would love to
> check out Oly E-300 and E-1 but I can't get my hands on either in
> Charleston. Will likely in the next few weeks be putting up the FS sign to
> finance what ever I decide to buy. All advice on selection welcome since I
> don't know didily about digital.
>
> Charlie Geilfuss
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