Many years ago, Doris and I met for lunch in Orlando. I live in Fort
Lauderdale but travel the state often. We did some trading. Some macro
stuff, A T28 twin flash, a little cash, etc.
At the time she was getting ready to head back down to South America to
photograph and catalog orchids. She never re-appeared on this list after
that.
Mark
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> 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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