I trust his family treat Brian's Obsession properly - although I have only
last week put my own 617 into the local camera shop for sale. You are
thinking of Dean Jones, Wayne. He indeed died back in 2017, so definitely no
more Obsessions.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Wayne Harridge
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 12:14 PM
To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion' <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Brian Swale
Thanks for mentioning the "Obsession 6x17" Moose, yes Brian did have one of
those, made by a good friend of Andrew Fildes (still alive AFAIK), but
Razzledog (the maker, can't remember his real name) is not.
...Wayne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus <olympus-
> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Moose
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 July 2023 3:42 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Brian Swale
>
> On 7/25/2023 4:03 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> > I received the following Facebook post from Brian Swale's daughter:
> >
> > " We are sad to let you all know that Dad (Brian Swale) passed away on
> > Saturday night in Ripponburn Hospital. Brian passed peacefully after
> > a sudden illness. We will keep you all updated on events happening this
> week.
> > Thank you."
> >
> > Brian was a long time member of this list and great supporter of
> > Olympus cameras -
>
> Indeed!
>
> > I don't think he ever had a camera that wasn't Olympus!
>
> Not quite so . . . Remember the hand made 120 film 6x17 cm camera? A
> beautiful object:
>
> "BTW I'm finding it is trickier than anticipated to find subjects suitable
for
> 6x17 negatives; but I'll get there. Fun stuff; a luxurious 4 shots per
roll of 120
> film ( 220 film not usable, since the backing paper is essential); frame
> boundaries being determined by looking for numbers on the backing paper
> rolling past through an open hole (glass-less in this case) as in the days
of
> yore (Box Brownie)." (2009)
>
> "And to respond to Wayne's question, Yes I still have the Obsession 6x17
and
> have been seriously thinking about putting film through it again." (2016)
>
> In photos posted here, Brian generally looked anywhere from uncomfortable
> to grim.
> With this nice exception.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/BSwale/IMGP9203-Dux-de-
> Lux-800.jpg>
>
> I don't approve of this trend as I get older of friends dying off!
>
> Missing Them Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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