Also, she lived in the Tampa, FL area
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:03 AM, DrT (George Themelis) <drt-3d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Ages ago, we had a list member by the name of Doris Fang. She was a expert
>>> garage/yard sale shopper and was able to get unbelievable deals on camera
>>> equipment and other items. Her purchases became known as "fangs".
>>>
>> Very interesting and entertaining, thank you Ken!
>>
>> Anyone knows what happened to Doris? She must be very proud to have her
>> name made a new word! She will be always remembered in this list....
>>
>
> She should be remembered for other contributions, but "fang" is the
> one that sticks. She disappeared in the pre-DSLR era. I have the
> impression she became very interested in Canaan when the first IS
> lenses appeared. I followed her notes pretty closely and her
> expression of interest in that direction was one of the last things I
> read from her. Perhaps others recall differently.
>
> Actually, I don't think she probably would have liked the legacy in
> question. She was a pretty classy gal. Taught photography at least
> part of the time and one of the things she was trying to do was round
> up photo gear she could sell to her students cheaply. Yard sales and
> pawn shops, mainly, I think. Entirely pre-eBay AFAIK.
>
> Joel W.
>
>
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