makes for fascinating reading, AG.
can't wait for the next episode.... :)
K.
On 11/09/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I won't talk too much out of school here, since not all
> participants have returned home yet. I haven't either, but
> thanks to splattering wifi coverage outside of a hotel, I can at
> least take a peak at mail.
>
> Nice to see that the list survived somewhat in my absence. Now
> straighten up everybody. First thing that greeted me was Tom
> Scale's message. I'm not to proud to say that I did shed a
> tear. What a shock. The Scales are a very special family and my
> one regret is never having the opportunity to meet Debbie in
> person. I have talked with her on the phone, but never met her.
>
> The island adventure was a success. It's probably safe to say
> that this was the greatest concentration of E-gear outside of
> Walt's camera bag. All four of us were sporting the E-1 with a
> nice collection of lenses present. The 7-14 got handed around
> but never left the gaze of Bill's ever watchful eye. Attempts
> to "accidently" swap it with a 14-54 or something like that were
> tried by each of us. I did learn that when doing "macro" with
> that lens that "objects in viewfinder are closer than they
> appear". You quickly learn the art of placing a finger on the
> end of the lens shade to use for bumping up against the object
> being photographed and not the protruding lens itself.
>
> Contrary to popular belief, it only rained one day while any of
> us were on the island and that was actually at night. My first
> night we actually had an incredible solar storm and the sky was
> full-dome red. No patterns, but it was bright enough to almost
> read by.
>
> Bill's snoring successfully kept most of the wildlife away.
> Moose on the east-end were essentially non-existent. But we DO
> have a tribute photo for "Moose". :)
>
> The weather was beautiful--mostly dry with fits of obscene wind.
> Oh wait, that's the chili talking. But we did get winds strong
> enough to kick up some serious chop in the harbors and delay the
> ferry boats. Some day, once the bruised body and feelings have
> healed, we'll talk about canoes--but not yet.
>
> The E-1s performed perfectly, except.... I need to bug the
> Canonazis about cleaning sensors. I found a couple specs on my
> sensor--when using Bill's F-180 pinhole lens. Oh, the
> humanity...
>
> BTW, the Canon backpack is NOT waterproof. Just thought I'd
> pass that little tidbit on.
>
> The experience of shooting with a small group of fellow
> Olympoids was really awesome. It's probably safe to say that
> outside of Olympus' factories or warehouses, there has ever been
> such a concentration of E-1s and accessories. A rather
> impressive sight.
>
> Gotta run. Another state to go.
>
> AG-Schnozz
>
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