Thanks, Chuck.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)
> Yikes! An internal blood leak sounds like no fun at all. Glad to hear
> you're on the mend.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/22/2010 11:06 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Glad to hear that they found your problem and fixed you up quickly.
>>
>> I can relate to your recent stresses. I went in as an out-patient on the
>> 13th to get a check of my esophagus. I am normally on Coumadin because I
>> have mechanical heart valves. I had to transition off of Coumadin to
>> Lovenox for the exam. Two days later, I found I was losing blood from
>> some
>> location. Had to make another run to Nashville, enter the hospital,
>> undergo
>> another exam to repair the "leak", then spent five days in the hospital
>> to
>> take on three units of blood and start things back toward normal. I came
>> home Wednesday and must remain on a liquid diet for another week, while
>> trying to get my Coumadin level back where it should be. Feeling fine,
>> but
>> didn't enjoy the experience at all.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hermanson"<omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)
>>
>>
>>> It is great to hear such enthusiasm regarding film equipment. I can
>>> always count on you and Ken for this. Hopefully I will get my 3Ti up
>>> and running. It needed 2 big things: a new shutter assembly (which I
>>> got in an Olympus bulk parts purchase) AND a circuit board (which cost
>>> $200 from Lutons in the UK, Olympus USA completely out of stock and
>>> discontinued). The shutter is in, next step is circuit board.
>>>
>>> BTW, the last 6 weeks or so have been very hectic. My mother in law of
>>> 96 passed away. She lived a few miles from here and had a 24 hour live
>>> in caregiver. So then came contacting family, funeral plans, funeral,
>>> family visiting, cleaning out her house, all the while feeling very odd
>>> inside like I was on the edge of more heart problems. The timing of the
>>> chest pains came at the best time (if there is ANY "best time" for such
>>> a thing).
>>>
>>> ___________________________________
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>>> On 10/20/2010 12:21 PM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>>>> John, again I want to thank you in front of the list for arranging to
>>>> get this huge lens safely to me. I was biting my nails every day too,
>>>> but
>>>> have never lost anything yet, and didn't expect to start then :-)
>>>>
>>>> I still get such a thrill hooking that 4kg (but oddly compact) monster
>>>> up to an OM body. With the 3Ti's viewfinder, there is *nothing* you
>>>> cannot
>>>> focus on that you can see with the naked eye.
>>>>
>>>> I recently did a comparison, and the OM-3Ti viewfinder is brighter
>>>> than a Leica M3's - you can actually focus on objects in lower light
>>>> than
>>>> what you can with a rangefinder.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, when there *is* enough light for a rangefinder, it is still
>>>> more
>>>> accurate with standard-to-wide lenses, but otherwise, I was surprised
>>>> that
>>>> the best rangefinder VF there is (Leica M3, and I tried a number of
>>>> good copies,
>>>> so it's not a bad sample) is definitely inferiour.
>>>>
>>>> It's such a pity the 3Ti is not as buttery smooth as the rangefinder
>>>> though :-)
>>>> There is definitely place in the world for both.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, thanks for everything, John. When I *do* get to send my 3Ti
>>>> your way, the
>>>> 90 Macro will definitely come with so you can clear the (visible) crud
>>>> from the
>>>> internal elements. Although I can't imagine the clarity of the images
>>>> it will then
>>>> produce!
>>>>
>>>> D.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 20 Oct 2010, at 2:28 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And I was biting my nails every day that lens made it's way through
>>>>> the
>>>>> mail from NY to S. Africa. I enjoyed a huge sigh of relief when it
>>>>> arrived safely.
>>>>
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