I think I joined in 99 as well...
On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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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