Knock on wood, I hope you recover okay.
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
On 10/22/2010 11:06 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Glad to hear that they found your problem and fixed you up quickly.
>
> I can relate to your recent stresses. I went in as an out-patient on the
> 13th to get a check of my esophagus. I am normally on Coumadin because I
> have mechanical heart valves. I had to transition off of Coumadin to
> Lovenox for the exam. Two days later, I found I was losing blood from some
> location. Had to make another run to Nashville, enter the hospital, undergo
> another exam to repair the "leak", then spent five days in the hospital to
> take on three units of blood and start things back toward normal. I came
> home Wednesday and must remain on a liquid diet for another week, while
> trying to get my Coumadin level back where it should be. Feeling fine, but
> didn't enjoy the experience at all.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hermanson"<omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)
>
>
>> It is great to hear such enthusiasm regarding film equipment. I can
>> always count on you and Ken for this. Hopefully I will get my 3Ti up
>> and running. It needed 2 big things: a new shutter assembly (which I
>> got in an Olympus bulk parts purchase) AND a circuit board (which cost
>> $200 from Lutons in the UK, Olympus USA completely out of stock and
>> discontinued). The shutter is in, next step is circuit board.
>>
>> BTW, the last 6 weeks or so have been very hectic. My mother in law of
>> 96 passed away. She lived a few miles from here and had a 24 hour live
>> in caregiver. So then came contacting family, funeral plans, funeral,
>> family visiting, cleaning out her house, all the while feeling very odd
>> inside like I was on the edge of more heart problems. The timing of the
>> chest pains came at the best time (if there is ANY "best time" for such
>> a thing).
>>
>> ___________________________________
>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>
>> On 10/20/2010 12:21 PM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>>> John, again I want to thank you in front of the list for arranging to
>>> get this huge lens safely to me. I was biting my nails every day too,
>>> but
>>> have never lost anything yet, and didn't expect to start then :-)
>>>
>>> I still get such a thrill hooking that 4kg (but oddly compact) monster
>>> up to an OM body. With the 3Ti's viewfinder, there is *nothing* you
>>> cannot
>>> focus on that you can see with the naked eye.
>>>
>>> I recently did a comparison, and the OM-3Ti viewfinder is brighter
>>> than a Leica M3's - you can actually focus on objects in lower light
>>> than
>>> what you can with a rangefinder.
>>>
>>> Of course, when there *is* enough light for a rangefinder, it is still
>>> more
>>> accurate with standard-to-wide lenses, but otherwise, I was surprised
>>> that
>>> the best rangefinder VF there is (Leica M3, and I tried a number of
>>> good copies,
>>> so it's not a bad sample) is definitely inferiour.
>>>
>>> It's such a pity the 3Ti is not as buttery smooth as the rangefinder
>>> though :-)
>>> There is definitely place in the world for both.
>>>
>>> Anyway, thanks for everything, John. When I *do* get to send my 3Ti
>>> your way, the
>>> 90 Macro will definitely come with so you can clear the (visible) crud
>>> from the
>>> internal elements. Although I can't imagine the clarity of the images
>>> it will then
>>> produce!
>>>
>>> D.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20 Oct 2010, at 2:28 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>>
>>>> And I was biting my nails every day that lens made it's way through
>>>> the
>>>> mail from NY to S. Africa. I enjoyed a huge sigh of relief when it
>>>> arrived safely.
>>>
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