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Re: [OM] Michelin Man I Am

Subject: Re: [OM] Michelin Man I Am
From: Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:54:41 -0400 (EDT)
I was up to my neck in the OM film stuff for many years. I never once saw this! 
But when it's so cold this is needed, I'm indoors. 

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From: "Jan Sturm" <jan.sturm@xxxxxxx> 
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 9:07:21 AM 
Subject: Re: [OM] Michelin Man I Am 

That‘s what these were meant for ;-) 

https://esif.world-traveller.org/om-sif/phototechnicalgroup/3v_battery_holder_1.htm
 

https://esif.world-traveller.org/om-sif/phototechnicalgroup/3v_battery_holder_2.htm
 

Those were the times... 

As for Ken‘s trip 
Digital: Phone + Solar Charger 
Analogue: 3ti and and the famous 35-80/2.8 or some fast primes 

just my $0.02 though... 


Von unterwegs verschickt / sent while traveling / envoyé en voyage 
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On 23. Oct 2019, at 14:33, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

>> From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> 
>> I'm just thinking about which cameras to take with me on this 9 day 
>> adventure. 
> 
> Uhm... an OM-3 and an external selenium light meter? Or anything else without 
> batteries? 
> 
> When I shot the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, we had an arctic outflow 
> with -20C daytime highs. All of us photographers, from UPI/AP pros on down, 
> had battery issues. If you let it hang outside your clothing, you battery 
> went on strike. If you put it inside your clothing, everything frosted over 
> the instant you took it out. 
> 
> I met a journalist from Whitehorse, Yukon, who had made a special "camera 
> parka" with an elastic hole for the end of the lens. The other optical end 
> was stitched tight to an aftermarket eye cup. It was real cute, quilted with 
> down, like those puffy jackets. It had a drawstring sleeve you could shove 
> your hand into to adjust the camera. He kept those little chemical pocket 
> hand warmers in there. I think he was the only photographer who managed to 
> shoot the beginning of the men's 30k cross-country, which they had to delay 
> twice, waiting for the temp to come UP TO the FIS-designated minimum temp of 
> 20 below. 
> 
> Obligate on-topic content: why look like the "Michelin Man" unless your 
> camera matches? :-) 
> 
> Jan 
> 
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