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Re: [OM] OM-G in a Calvin and Hobbes comic

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-G in a Calvin and Hobbes comic
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:44:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>> I'm a huge fan of Bill Watterson's comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. I was
>> looking at some of them online and found one where Calvin imagines himself
>> shrank to insect size, and in that state he climbs around on a camera. The
>> camera has no nameplate but the shape and controls are those of an Olympus
>> OM-G (OM-20 outside the USA). Note the self-timer lever, the exposure comp
>> dial, the location of the flash sync socket and the shape of the shutter
>> release surround.
>>
>> My first manual camera was an OM-G that I got at age 11.
>>
>>
>> http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2009/11/15#.U3FkNijNCao
>>
>
>Funny.  Love C&H, The Far Side, and Bloom County.  Those are my go-to
>comics when I need a laugh.
>

     I have a few of those, as well as a substantial collection of Pogo.


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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