Send an OM1 body or trip35 is good to me.
Loïc
Le 18 mars 05, à 02:32, Andrew McPhee a écrit :
>
>> Andrew McPhee wrote:
>>> What camera should we use?
>>>
>> And Moose replied:
>> Although the list often encompasses may things non Oly and clearly
>> includes many non-OM Oly threads, isn't it at the core an OM list? I'd
>> vote for an OM-1, the original OM. It could be sent about with a
>> 50/1.8
>> bodycap, with participants invited to use it and/or any OM lens they
>> have. I'd be happy to lend a body and lens. If it comes back
>> eventually
>> as a world traveller, I can sit down and listen to the tales it has to
>> tell. If not, that's ok too, I'd just hope that the tale of its loss
>> turns out to be interesting. Batteries shouldn't be a problem, they
>> last
>> forever in an OM-1.
>>
>> It's sort of like the local comic strip years ago. There was a story
>> arc
>> interspersed with other things about a rural fellow who was eating an
>> old Rambler car bit by bit. The reporter there when he swallowed the
>> last bolt asked him is there was anything he regretted about what he
>> had
>> done. The answer: "Wow, I could 'a had a V8!", accompanied with head
>> slap. That's sort of what sending an RC, XA1, etc. around sounds like
>> to
>> me. Like the Hokey-Pokey, the OM is what it's all about.
>
>
> My reason behind sending a RF camera around was to keep it simple, to
> keep
> the weight down, and to keep it cheap in case it got lost. And the
> cheapness would also avoid any extra expense of import/export duties
> when
> sending it between countries.
>
> But I agree that sending an OM-1 around would add some class to the
> exercise. Maybe we could compromise and just send an OM-1 body..?
>
> A couple of people have mentioned they're in favor of using a Trip 35.
> I
> like this idea too, sending a "Trip" on a trip seems to be fitting!
>
> Here's something else to keep in mind - we could do this
> round-the-world
> thing as many times as we like, the Argus group is currently on it's
> second
> "Argosy". We could start small this time with a RF camera and maybe
> next
> time use an OM-1...
>
> So what do others think?
>
> - Send an OM-1 with 50mm f1.8?
> - Send an OM-1 body only?
> - Send a Trip 35?
> - Send a XA1?
>
> Andrew McPhee
>
>
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