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Subject: [OM] Re: Well, I did it...
From: "Wiliam Wagenaar" <wiliam@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:02:26 +0200
Well Dawid,

It seems the dark side hast lost on you ;-))

Welcome back and feel the force!

You have come to the right place; this is zuikoholic anonymous after
all. I know you have more OM goodies coming your way...

Enabler Wiliam



> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] Namens Dawid Loubser
> Verzonden: dinsdag 21 oktober 2008 17:50
> Aan: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Onderwerp: [OM] Well, I did it...
> 
> 
> 
> I am in the process of selling my Canon EOS gear, I put them 
> up for very good (for me, i.e. substantial) prices, and I 
> seem to be getting them
> sold- have received a lot of interest in the past couple of 
> hours, tomorrow three expensive lenses will probably sell.
> 
> Why? This damn OM system! I feel a big imbalance in my 
> photographic technique between using my Mamiya / Linhof 
> Technorama, and my Canon Digital Gear. And the OM body just 
> feels "right" for the type of thing I do - more so than any 
> other 35mm body I've used. I will miss the big ol' machine 
> gun - and the Canon 1D MkIIN has, hands down, the most 
> spectacular image quality of any 8MP camera.
> 
> In fact, I have been using my 1D MkIIN for snapshots more 
> than anything else lately - which is just crazy! So, I 
> figured, I am getting into B&W film with OM gear bigtime, and 
> I will get a high-end P&S (e.g. Canon
> G9/G10) for snapshots / documenting stuff, such as my car 
> restoration project.
> 
> Once I receive funds for the sold equipment this will fund 
> the trip my OM gear will make to John for CLA (my OM-1n 
> really should be smoother, and the meter is flakey, even 
> though I do incident metering 90% of the
> time) as well as some serious expansion of my OM gear.
> 
> I am not even going to ask you if I am crazy: I guess I am 
> doing this because I *can*, and because digital SLR will be 
> cheaper and better when I get back to it in the future.
> 
> Somehow, after coming so close to losing my (and my 
> beloved's) life with the attack in our home a week+ ago, I am 
> a bit radical, and this is part of it. It's fun to try 
> different things - as a hobbyist, I have that luxury. In the 
> meantime, I am also going to spend more time with the ones I 
> love, instead of processing RAW files.
> 
> (although I can see the Darkroom changing that :-)
> 
> For anybody who has read this far, does anybody have a 38mm 
> f/2.8 Macro lens they want to sell? I am definitely going to 
> pick up that auto-bellows I saw last week, and I will want 
> some higher magnification than what the 90/2.0 provides on 
> the bellows. I am sold on the fact that the 20/2.0 is maybe a 
> bit extreme for the moment.
> 
> And lastly, I really do want an OM-3Ti some time in the 
> future. For most things, I do see myself preferring the 
> beautiful simplicity of the OM-1n, but the metering as well 
> as the 1/2000th shutter speed are both very desirable to me 
> for the type of photography I do (macro, and shallow DOF in daylight).
> 
> Is there anybody who is thinking of selling theirs, and what 
> would the going rate be? I know how collectable these are, 
> but they are also not unobtainable surely.
> 
> wishing you all a great day,
> Dawid
> 
> 
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