Welcome home, Eric! I remember you from way back then - hard to believe I've been on this list so long. When I get a sec, I'll check out your site. Please start submitting to the PUG and post PESO's (Picture Every So Often) for us occasionally.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, February 23, 2005, 4:59:43 AM, you wrote: EJV> Hello old friends! EJV> Been on quite a lay off from the PDML and PUG. What's it been, 4 or 5 EJV> years? Well, I didn't change brands, just priority for a while. Had some EJV> major personal crisis to deal with that didn't leave much time for fun. EJV> Moved since then, and lost a little interest in film since I don't have EJV> room for a darkroom anymore. No one does decent B&W processing around EJV> here, and my quality & control (and half the fun) of the results was the EJV> results of doing my own work... So - gasp!-- I went digital. Started EJV> with an Olympus E-10 a few years back, while trying to sort out decent EJV> local processing, finally gave up. EJV> Don't get me wrong, I hung on to my favorite (Pentax) manual bodies and EJV> lenses, let go of some of the expensive Contax and Pentax medium format EJV> stuff that was declining in resale value like a rock. Now I've started EJV> to enjoy using all my old K and M42 lenses, flash etc again on my new EJV> Pentax *IST digital. Been lurking over on Phil's DPReview Pentax SLR EJV> forum a little and really enjoying getting the creative juices flowing EJV> again. I checked out the PUG and was mildly surprised to see my images EJV> still on line in the archives. The quality of the PUG seems to continue EJV> to rise, Kudo's to all who have hung in there! EJV> In a digital purge the other day, I found my old EPHOTO web site in an EJV> old backup and reposted it to a knology site. Have a look if you need a EJV> laugh. Man, things have come a ways since having to use crappie old EJV> scanners to get stuff on the Web. I hope to begin posting and EJV> participating again here soon. Thanks for reading! EJV> http://www.knology.net/~eviglion/photo.htm EJV> Comments welcomed. EJV> Eric Viglione
