Oh well, stuff like this happens to me all the time :-( On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:02 AM, CheekyGeek <cheekyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's going to seem like a long work day, and I'll be humming the old > Rod Stewart ditty "Tonight's the Night" but not for the same reason as > he was: A couple of month's ago I found a beautiful Spotmatic with a > S-M-C 50mm f1.4 in original soft case at the thrift store for a song. > When I took the camera out of the case, etched professionally on the > bottom was the name and Soc. Sec. No. of a well-known Nebraska author. > I contacted him by email to let him know that his camera was in Good > Hands, and to ask if he happened to have any other lenses or > accessories gathering dust. > > He expressed happiness that the camera was in good hands and waxed > nostalgic about where it had been with him (His work at the > Smithsonian, and on travels in Europe). He told me he had a number of > lenses for them, but feared that he had long ago gotten rid of them - > but said he would look (since he rarely throws anything away) and if > he found them that I could have them. Fast forward to a couple of > weeks ago and he emails me telling me that my patience has been > rewarded. He has 5 lenses AND another Pentax body! > > I have no idea (at this point) what the lenses or body are and the > suspense is killing me. But I'll find out tonight! > > As a result of my email we have enjoyed a nice email correspondence > and it looks like I'm going to be copying some very old (copyright > expired) woodcut prints from a 100+ year old folio for his next book > project about the artist, who spend a little time in Nebraska in 1870. > I'll let you know what's in the box tonight or tomorrow. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > -- > Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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