> Scott with a little time you will have fun with your OM lenses and you
will also have fun
> with your digital Zuikos.
Already fun, thanks, and I fully intend to have lots more.
> I also enjoyed some of your Navy photos, as I spent a year as a brown
water gator
> sailor aboard the USS Harnett County LST 821 in 1968. This was WW II
ship used
> for patrolling the rivers of the Mekong Delta. We were a "mother
ship" for PBRs
> and Sea Wolves. That was another life ago. Could never post any of
my photos to
> the list as they were done with Nik*n and Bronic* cameras.
> That was before OMs so they might be legal. Bill Barber
Glad you enjoyed the Navy photos, Bill. The most fun portion of the time
I served (1973-1979) was when in the Gator Navy. The new "Tees" rode one
heck of a lot better than the WWII vintage ones, but they still bobbed
and rolled like big corks. My first trip out we took a "design-limit"
roll while riding out a hurricane on Atlantic crossing.
If I remember correctly, all of my Navy shots were taken with an
inexpensive "Sears" branded SLR, made by I-don't-know-who, but having a
Pentax threaded mount. It was my first SLR; before that I'd been using a
hand-me-down Kodak-35 rangefinder. I don't believe I bought the OM-1N
until either just before, or just after leaving the Navy.
Speaking of which...
Chuck Norcutt, did you know "Malden Drug"? I think that's the right
name. Sold the usual drug-store stuff in one end and had quite a camera
shop in the other end. It was in Malden, Mass. It's where I got my OM-1N
and some other Olympus items when I first started with Olympus.
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Scott Gomez
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