Hmmm. Looks like I've only been around for 10 years. I guess that's
long enough. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> The earliest List entry I can find at Tako archives is January 1, 1998
> (appropriately from Doris Fang). Scanning through a few weeks I see the
> names John Hermanson (how to unding a ding), Chris Barker and a pre-AG
> Schnoss Ken Norton (relating a story of being spooked by an owl) and Frank
> van Lindert. Lots of other names I remember but they no longer post to the
> List. A couple of great web names (Biga Buda, Rob Roy). Moving up to 1999 I
> find posts from Chuck Norcutt, Joel Wilcox, Barry Bean and Jan Steinman
> (whom we have not heard from in a while).
> Chuck, we got into OM's at the same time; I purchased my first OM-1 in
> September 1976. I was right out of college and one month into a new job.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My first memory of the list and the rich source of info it brought me is
>> this page <http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/photo.shtml>
>>
>> The photo there "Waban Fall" (C) 1995 by R. Lee Hawkins was there when I
>> joined the list so I couldn't have been there before 1995 but it
>> probably wasn't much later than that. I would guess I have been here at
>> least 12 years.
>>
>> I had owned and used an OM-1 since about 1976 and about 1990 I bought my
>> first OM-2s, second hand from a private party. After using it a few
>> times and discovering the battery to be dead every time I wanted to use
>> it I figured that I had bought a pig-in-a-poke and relegated the body to
>> a closet for many years. I assumed the body had a short circuit
>> somewhere. Then I found the Olympus list and discovered that OM-2s and
>> (original) OM-4 bodies draw a fair amount of current even when "off"
>> since there is no such thing as off. I discovered the shutter release
>> voltage minimum voltage requirement (2.2v IIRC) and the need to always
>> use silver oxide batteries instead of alkaline. What a revelation! I
>> started using my OM-2s again and even my OM-1 and bought a few lenses.
>> Needless to say, I've acquired a whole lot more than that over the
>> intervening years. But I don't have dupes of anything much except 50mm
>> lenses and T32s. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>>
>> DrT (George Themelis) wrote:
>>>> Welcome back. You'll be pleased to know the list hasn't changed much at
>>>> all except for one new member's fascination with stereo photography,
>>>> Olympus film gear and a need to have two of everything. :-)
>>> I am glad I have brought something new to this list :)
>>>
>>> How long back do you guys go?
>>>
>>> George
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