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Re: [OM] Another Canadian New to Olympus and FS 50-250

Subject: Re: [OM] Another Canadian New to Olympus and FS 50-250
From: "Gordon J. Ross" <gordross@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:20:13 -0700
Hi Chris:

Does that come in a 2.8?

I think Barker is too strong a name for your sales skill, maybe Chris
Seguay.........

Happy New Year
Gord

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Another Canadian New to Olympus and FS 50-250


> Well, welcome to both of you.
>
> You will both have seen that, numerically, North Americans dominate the
> List, but be assured that there is a sizeable and voluble (sometimes
> anyway) international community.  Every now and then we get together in
> the UK as well as other places and only in August Bill Barber visited
> London and a group of the Brits went to meet him there.
>
> The only snag with your being on A*L is that you will almost invariably
> post in rich text format or html; this bulks out the Digest form and
> rather wastes bandwidth anyway.  On my email client (Mail on a Mac)
> your post looks impossibly small (so does Bill Barber's and, I think,
> George's sometimes).  So _I_ should prefer you to post in plain text,
> but it is only for my convenience... ;-)
>
> Well done with your latest acquisition; however, you should be aware
> that this is a List of Enablers.  Our job is to increase the size of
> your "collection" of Zuikos and OMs as quickly as possible.  I should
> like to start the ball rolling by offering to either you or Gordon my
> lovely 50-250/5.
>
> Anyone who is interested, please contact me directly.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> On 30 Dec 2003 , at 23:21, Rolftruck@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hi all -- I've been lurking for a couple of weeks, having just
> > succumbed to a 30-year-old wish to own an OM-1. I've been a Nikon user
> > (plus Mamiya TLR and more recently a Leica M) all that time and have
> > had no reason to complain. But now that I own my first OM-1, and as of
> > last night a Zuiko 24 2.8, I think I've been missing something. A lot,
> > actually. It's a truly beautiful camera and I'm anxious to give it a
> > proper workout. A busy holiday season has conspired against a lot of
> > picture-taking, but roll #1 using just the 50 1.8 looked good.
> >
> > I've already learned a lot from folks on this list, and I've also been
> > amused, of course. There's a distinct character to this crowd, as
> > there is in much different ways for the people on the various Leica
> > and Nikon lists. If I were more adept at the psychology of it all, I
> > might try to define those distinctions.
> >
> > This post is also by way of an experiment, namely to see if it
> > actually goes through to the list. As an AOL user I've seen
> > difficulties along these lines with some lists. Seems that AOL isn't
> > entirely welcome.
> >
> > Assuming it does get through, I thank you all for what I've learned so
> > far and in advance for what I have yet to understand about Olympus.
> > Happy new year too!
> >
> > Rolf Lockwood
> > Toronto, Canada
> >
> >
> <|_:-)_|>
>
> C M I Barker
> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
>
> +44 (0)7092 251126
> ftog at threeshoes.co.uk
> http://www.threeshoes.co.uk
> http://homepage.mac.com/zuiko
> ... a nascent photo library.
>
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