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[OM] New/old scanner (was "E Accessories - prices!")

Subject: [OM] New/old scanner (was "E Accessories - prices!")
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:04:37 -0500
Bob,
Congratulations!  Your excitement is palpable.  Welcome to the slippery slope.

Joel W.

At 10:51 PM 10/24/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>  I finally bought a film scanner. I'm still learning but I'm really enjoying
>it. Always 5 steps back  technology-wise due to financial reasons, a film
>scanner is a revelation to me. I have reasonable digital resolution (that I
>could not presently afford if I was purchasing a new digicam) and am still
>utilizing my Olympus investment.It is a mere 2700 sprintscan plus, but it is
>opening new vistas to me. It has given me the opportunity to stretch my
>horizons without straining my budget. I am revisiting old pictures that were
>improperly printed to begin with and digitally reprinting them the way I
>actually envisioned them.Slides are a revelation unto themselves. I'm still
>in the film developing cost cycle vs. true digital but its an incremental
>cost vs. an all at once re-investment for me. I bought into digital when it
>was in the  1 megapixel stage and felt badly burned when the technology
>leapfrogged my investment so quickly. Oh well, I knew it was in its infancy.
>I want an E-1 or other such instrument but I feel I've given myself time to
>wait for it to reach affordability for me now. Of course they'll quit making
>film now that I'm content...
>
>Bob
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ClassicVW@xxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 10:07 PM
>Subject: [OM] Re: Spam Alert: Re: E Accessories - prices!
>
>
> >
> > I smell another "MY E-1 is better than your OM-2S" argu- er... discussion
> > possibly forming. I hope not.
> >
> > How about we agree that there are as many reasons for some of us to NOT
>want
> > to switch to digital, as there are reasons that some of us can't wait to
>buy
> > into a digital system....??
> >
> > George S.
> >
> > edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > > It seems to me, Bill, that John (and Donald) already answered your
>question
> > > about "what price pleasure":
> > >
> > > Donald quoth:
> > >
> > > "Carrying the M6 with wide angle lens attached reminds me of why I first
> > > bought into the Olympus system."
> > >
> > > So, he can't take the cash with him, but the joy of an M6 wide and the
> > > visceral pleasure of the process and resulting photos will, I am sure,
>pass with
> > > him to a higher plane.
> > >
> > > Of course, this is an unkind thing for me to say to someone who
>forwarded to
> > > me, gratis, a 100/2.8 whose filter ring was deformed, yet a useable
>Zuiko.
> > > For that, I thank you profusely.  And I am thrilled to death that you
>get
> > > such a kick out of your E-1... maybe one day I will also be thrilled by
>a
> > > digi-wonder.... But right now the FEEL and workflow of an OM or my SP,
>(or even,
> > > blasphemy, my Konica C35) bring me great pleasure.
> > >
> > > Earl
> > >
> > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> > >
> > > On 10/24/2004 at 9:07 PM NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > >In a message dated 10/24/2004 5:17:33 PM Central Standard Time,
> > > >d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > > >
> > > >Olympus  kit but I
> > > >>have decided digital - with its astronomical
> > > >> depreciation is NOT for me.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >News flash.  You know the money you didn't lose in depreciation?   You
> > > >won't
> > > >be able to take it with you.  That isn't a very kind thing for me  to
>say
> > > >to
> > > >one who has helped me track down some very difficult to find OM  parts.
> > > >My
> > > >question for me is, "What price pleasure" or perhaps "What price  joy".
> > > >I'm
> > > >having a blast with my e-1 and it is not just a matter of a new  camera
> > > >and lens,
> > > >because it also involves a computer and software.  None of  these are
> > > >small
> > > >expenses, however if one already has the computer and software  it
>becomes
> > > >less
> > > >of a challenge.  Add digital and add Olympus digital, when  it works
>for
> > > >you.
> > > >Bill Barber
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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