I couldn't agree more, although I've yet to try digital, I'm just not all
that interested in it. I for one found Khens' stories quite fascinating.
After all, this is the "OM list" isn't it, not the E-thingy list.
Darin
----- Original Message -----
From: "AllanDan" <allandan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:45 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Why not tales of OM?
> I'll be blunt and say I don't give a d*mn about digital cameras. My
> first digital camera was an Olympus, and it's been sold and forgotten
> years ago. I don't do digital at all today. Does that matter? Is the
> list nothing more than a wish list of new features? Sure it's always fun
> to play around with new gadgets, but aren't the images that come from
> those gadgets more important than the gadgets themselves?
>
> Isn't the list a perfect opportunity to support its members? Have you
> all forgotten how when Olympus dumbed film cameras it was less than
> appreciative to its film-buying customers? Do you really think you
> should be made to pay $10 to download an Olympus OM2n manual from the
> Olympus site? Konica Minolta is doing the same thing to its customers
> now that it has stopped all photography sales.
>
> I have an OM2, and I plan to get a few more Oly film cameras, and I love
> stories of the film years.
>
> Allan Wafkowski
>
>
> khen lim wrote:
>> It's really s-i-m-p-l-e. When I first arrived at this List, I contributed
>> postings concerning my time at Olympus during the film era, which of
>> course
>> would mean that I would speak of the OM SLRs and Maitani. After all these
>> were my experiences. I was then told that this was great and many people
>> wanted to hear about these.
>> If I were ever told earlier that, no, no one wants to hear about the old
>> days anymore, I would have shut up and gone on to participate in all
>> things
>> digital.
>> In short, I was responding. I played my part. I contributed. I shared.
>> The term "self-bilge" is unnecessarily coarse and certainly judgemental.
>> I
>> take offence to it and I'm using this opportunity to let those who wrote
>> that or agree to it to know that.
>> I just cannot understand why there are people who find it necessary to
>> judge
>> characters because I believe that if you do so, you must be beyond
>> judgement
>> yourself. Perhaps you're perfect. And perhaps you're beyond criticism.
>> I accept Chuck's comments that for him, it's more important to know what
>> Olympus can do that will fit his requirements. That is fine.
>> I would certainly appreciate it if people learn to behave themselves. And
>> if
>> all that was said in "jest," I didn't find it funny.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> On 14/09/06, Johann Thorsson <johann@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> People with different cultural backgrounds do express them selves in
>>> different ways. Sometimes what is considered normal by one culture is
>>> seen
>>> as offending by another.
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:17 AM
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: new sensor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I think that's a bit harsh. I'd have called it simply living in the
>>>> past. Unfortunately, Maitani-san is gone and the question for Olympus
>>>> today is what are you going to do for me *today*.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>> Mark Dapoz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, William Sommerwerck wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm going to get personal again. Most of what Khen posts strikes me
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> self-indulgent bilge.
>>>>>>
>>>>> You noticed that too eh? :-)
>>>>> -mark>
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