I'd agree with what Skip and Moose suggested. Send an OM-1 with body cap, and
let each participant use whatever lens he wanted to use. The OM-1 is rugged
enough for the trip, and using different lenses will, IMO, give us a much
broader range of perspectives due to focal length changes, and hence, more
interesting shots than if we sent a Stylus or Trip with one fixed lens.
George S.
om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Oh, I don't know about that. $25 is pretty cheap. Anybody that didn't
> want to participate didn't have to.
>
> Given that this is really an Olympus OM list at heart, I'd think it somewhat
> sacreligous to send anything except an OM body. Sending a Stylus Epic would
> certainly be easier, but somewhat less pure in my mind.
>
On 18/03/2005, at 11:38 AM, Moose wrote:
>>>
>> 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.
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