Very glad to hear such good news!
Take care,
Jez
On 27/10/2015, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Firstly, many thanks for all the messages of best wishes
> etc. They are much appreciated.
>
> We have excellent insurance, thanks to
> the inclinations of my wife.
>
> We are over the worst of it now and
> living with a local single man in his 60's who welcomes some company and
> a source of rental/board income. He has a nice, modest house with 4
> bedrooms.
>
> I hope to create a web-page with more info at some stage.
>
>
> A couple of years ago I helped my computer man who had significant
> health (accident) issues, and he has come back at me with a loan
> computer, AND the chance through his contacts of buying a really good
> ex-rental commercial machine. (My machine was totally melted down in the
> fire).
>
> He has suggested an I7 (i7) machine, but with no more details
> than that.
>
> I will appreciate more guidance as to ideal specifications
> for a computer for image work- non-Apple.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> A huge
> relief for me; I thought I had lost all my digital images, but anyway I
> asked the guys who were dismantling the wreck of the house to extract a
> 3-drawer metal filling cabinet which contained about 5,000 selected
> colour slides, and some valuable documents, so that I could sift through
> them as see what was there.
>
> I discovered 2 backup drives which I
> thought had been left on the top of my desk and therefore incinerated,
> but no, they had been heated - but.. One was mid 2013 and the other, in
> an aluminium case, mid 2014. We didn't try the former ( I want to some
> time) but the latter restored perfectly !! :-)
>
> I'm in the process of
> getting stuff together to do a fresh backup of all that 2014 material.
>
>
> The worst camera etc losses are my E-1 (Ian Manners is sending me one,
> for which I will be everlastingly grateful) and my E-3 with DZ 14-54
> Mk1.
>
> As a replacement I am considering one of these as a possibility
>
>
> Olympus OM-D EM-1 + 12-40mm f2.8
> $2400.00
>
> Olympus OM-D EM-1
> + 12-50mm kit
> $1890.00
>
> Cheers, Brian Swale
>
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