Wonderful! I haven't gone anywhere near that far but I did give a high
school student an OM-G, a couple of lenses and a Vivitar flash last year
to get him started. It made me feel better that that gear wasn't
sitting unused in the closet.
Chuck Norcutt
Ian Manners wrote:
> Rang an old friend of mine up who has done a lot for
> me over the years, mainly just to make sure shes still
> were she use to be, and that shes still into photography.
>
> She is, and has been meaning to get into digital and
> probably will when she can both afford it, and the local
> chemist nolonger does processing.
>
> I've packed up my very under utilised E-510 with its
> two lens into its box, it all looks so new, probably
> because I didnt have to unpack the batt, charger, leads
> etc as I already had these out from another body.
>
> The two zooms though unpacked, were probably only
> used to check them when I bought the camera, as the
> E-510 ended up with the OM adapter on it, and the E510
> has only had 1,080 shutter activations, most of those
> were with the slide adapter attached or as part of my
> workshop macro setup.
>
> Packed it all up and the courier picked it up yesterday
> afternoon.
>
> I put a personal note in the box, also told her that she
> has to send me a copy of the first shot she takes with
> it. (which will be either her dog, or her husband, the kids
> live elsewere now).
>
> Wish I'd put a voice activated recorder in the box as well
> for when she opens it, as she has no idea whats going
> to arrive on Monday in Western Australia :-)
>
> Random acts of kindness give one a nice fuzzy feeling,
> sometimes :-)
>
> Now, I wonder what the E-5 specs are going to be when
> its announced towards the end of September ?
>
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> I don't believe the liberal media!
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