Hans;
Wonderful :>) Love it.
Great eye and deduction re the coiled cord.
George
Hans van Veluwen wrote:
>
> I've downloaded Koko's self-portrait, unmirrored it, undistorted it into its
> original dimensions and retouched the false copyright notices (of course
> *Koko*
> has the copyrights if he made the picture) and put it on my OM-1 page, at the
> bottom:
>
> http://www.veluwen.demon.nl/om-sif/bodygroup/om1.htm
>
> The image quality is very poor, so it's hard to tell if it is an OM-1 or
> OM-2, but
> I think it's the latter since I don't see a Mirror Unlock Lever. There is a
> Motor
> Drive 1 attached, and possibly also an M.18V Grip (Koko is holding to it with
> his
> left hand). But what is the spiral cord that comes from the Motor Drive or
> Grip?
> It is not a Relay Cord - they are not spiral and can't be mounted either when
> the
> Grip is installed. I think what we've got here is called fraud, aka The Monkey
> Conspiracy. The Grip was probably modified to allow remote control. At the
> moment
> Koko held the camera in the right position, someone could push the button. Oh
> well, I just _knew_ it takes more to take a good self portrait than just an
> ape.
> Oh, and by the way, this is _not_ my submission for ADITL3 ;)
>
> H@nz (who doesn't care too much for bananas)
>
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