Ahhh, another member with a gift for the written word. Welcome!
Gregg
> Greetings to all:
>
> Don't we all, at times, secretly relish the opportunity to eavesdrop?
> Perhaps it occurs while standing in a slow-moving queue, or during a
> commercial flight that's chock-a-block with passengers. The reason I
mention
> this is that I have been leaning-in in order to read your discussions
> regarding all things Olympus.
>
> I've taken much delight in reading and learning of the steady contributors
to
> this group. Among some of my favorites are Doris Fang, whose wit and
> knowledge of photography are readily apparent; Ken Norton, a wonderful
> raconteur; John Hermanson, the final authority when it comes to Olympus'
> innards. (I'd love to have a Zuiko lens for every time that Mr. Hermanson
> has answered OM1 battery queries: e.g., No, your grandmother's hearing-aid
> battery won't give accurate meter readings.)
>
> As a way of introduction, I am an exclusive Olympus user. I own a Zoom
130
> P-n-S and some digital Oly model I got in Tokyo a couple of years ago. Oh
> yes, I'm also a veteran OM1 MD owner and user. The OM1 is my main camera
for
> pleasure and work; I'm a contributing editor and semi-demi-pro
photographer
> for a specialty tobacco (largely cigars, pipes, and the like) retailing
> magazine. Since tobacco is grown in some 120 countries worldwide, my OM1
has
> been my steady, and often only, photographic companion on my journeys. I
> even took it when I was lowered, alone, in a small iron bucket more than
100
> meters deep in a primitive meerschaum mine beneath the plains of central
> Turkey.
>
> As for the quality of the photos I shot, well I'm my own worst critic,
which
> is as it should be. I've blown many an opportunity to get a great shot.
And
> I've failed my OM1 oftener than it has failed me. I can't envision
parting
> with it, for after all, it's family.
>
> My financial compensation for magazine work is laughably meager; my wife
> would prefer that I write a series of best-selling novels and become
> dizzyingly wealthy. But I am well-off in terms of the satisfaction my OM1
> has brought me over these many years.
>
> My advance apologies for the prolixity of this initial posting.
>
> James Lawson
>
>
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