Yes, Andrew and I did have a very enjoyable lunch today at a downtown "brew
pub" in Halifax sitting on the balcony one floor up from street level
watching the trafffic and the girls go by. Atlantic coastal Nova Scotia is
enjoying an early autumn with blue and sunny skies, warm mid day
temperatures and gentle breezes. We are not quite yet at the stage of
needing jackets and sweaters while outside in the daytime. The leaves are
just beginning to change colour. Within a couple of weeks or three the maple
trees will be ablaze with red, yellow, gold and brown and green leaves. With
breaks in the street viewing we broke into OM chatter and had an opportunity
to exchange experiences and to learn what kind of equipment our collections
were lacking. Compared to Andrew's 21/3.5 my 24/2.8 views like a widened up
normal lens! And yes, I can confirm that Andrew's collection of photos
....... all 8 1/2" x 11" black and white and colour prints and all printed
by himself ...... taken during his recent sojourn in Laos, Vietnam and
Cambodia are an impressive tribute to his photographic talents.
If any listees and listerines are planning on visiting Nova Scotia they will
be most welcome to join the local membership and take in some OM shooting
and talking.
John H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Dacey" <adacey@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, 02 October, 2005 06:51 PM
Subject: [OM] Halifax official ZA meeting report
>
> Well John Hudson and I got together today to discuss things OM.
>
> We had a 100% quorum of Halifax (Halifax, NS, Canada for the
> geographically challenged) members and the meeting was held at a pub
> so I believe that all international ZA regulations for official
> meetings were met.
>
> I had a chance fondle John's 90/2, filling a glaring gap in OM
> equipment that I hadn't had the chance to personally handle (now I
> just need to own one right?). John was quite impressed with my 21/3.5
> and I now know that should I wish to part with it I have a purchaser
> lined up. We were also able to compare 85/2's but we didn't test them.
>
> I also took the opportunity to show John some of my prints from Laos,
> Vietnam and Cambodia. Given the complete lack of photographic evidence
> of my trip on my website I felt it was important to show the pictures
> to another list member so that he can vouch for me actually having
> undertaken the 8 month trip to SE Asia.
>
> An interest in future meetings was expressed. I believe that we will
> endeavour to advertise them on the list should other non-Halifax
> resident members wish to attend in a non-voting observer or guest
> speaker capacity.
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