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Subject: [OM] Re: If you were only allowed three (3) types of OMbody.....
From: Jaime Garmendia <huitzilopoxtli@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:05:27 -0500
Me?...my OM-1, my OM-2n and my OM-4... 

The OM-1 has special sentimental value, as it was a gift from my
father when I graduated from college (circa 1975). Around that time
the best buys in photo equipment where the New York city shops and the
Duty-Free zone in Colon, Panama, but even there, OM's were out of he
reach of a recently graduated middle-class young Mexican, who could
only lust after them in the pages of Popular Photography .

I still remember the day I went to pick my dad up at the airport in
Mexico City, back from a conference in Panama, and he pulled this
object of beauty from his handbag, a black OM-1 MD, complete with 55mm
f1.2 and ever-ready case. My eyes were just about popped out, and when
he said "here, this is for you", my jaw must have hit the floor...
that was 28 years ago, and my dad is gone now, but  I still have the
camera, as good as new after a CLA a couple of years ago, a little
brassing around the corners, but still the most beautiful camera I
ever owned. Who knows, it probably will survive me as well...

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