On 5/22/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, indeed, I am in Cottyland. Cotty and Alma were > kind enough to transport and feed me last night, and > it was very enjoyable (and the home-made pizza was > =much= better than Cotty would have you believe!). > > The 1D Mark II is a formidable machine indeed--heavy, > solid, heavy, nice-handling, and did I mention heavy? > With one of those along, if you have a sudden need for > a wheel chock for your Boeing 747, you're all set!
I'll have my D1 or D2H with me aswell. Between Cotty and me, we should be able to keep the cars from sliding down the hill at GFM Dave > > One tends to forget how nice old all-metal lenses are; > the Cotty-ized 15 and 85 are real beauties. > > I spent Sunday wandering about this small town fending > off jet lag and taking pictures, and spent most of > yesterday wandering around Oxford taking pictures. > Today I had to work. Tomorrow to London for mostly > work, maybe a few pics. > > Goodness knows when I'll get them sorted and posted... > > Cheers, and thanks again Cotty! > > Rick > > > --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Two things folks, > > > > One - Rick Womer says hi - or rather he will of his > > own accord shortly. > > I picked him up from a village a few miles away at > > 7pm and my good lady > > just dropped him back after a bite to eat and a > > drop to drink. Rick is > > over on personal business for a week or so and > > kindly took time out to > > come say hi. Sorry the homemade pizza wasn't up to > > scratch!! While I was > > sabotaging said pizzas, Rick stepped out onto the > > patio with the > > 1DmarkII and A*85 1.4 to sample the light. He seemed > > suitably impressed > > - but not by the weight. And who can blame him? I > > guess one just gets > > babied by all these plastic lenses nowadays ;-) > > > > Rick was a charming guest and it was a pleasure to > > meet him. Not only > > that, but he and I will soon reunite at GFM - expect > > much amusement as > > Bach meets Bluegrass in an RV near you! > > > > Two - by kind arrangement of those that one makes > > arrangements through, > > there will be an extra guest in the GFM PDML camp > > next week. Enter one > > Brian Kavanagh, a Californian kid who is a designer > > and now lives in > > Ohio. Brian and I spent many a pimply-youthed day > > browsing suitable > > mates at malls in 70s San Jose, and devouring sci-fi > > novels like you > > would not believe. This probably explains a lot. > > Either way, he's > > popping over from Loveland (like one does) on the > > Friday and staying til > > Sunday, full GFM NPW ticket in hand courtesy of > > another lister. He's a > > great bloke and a good laugh - the photography needs > > work though, so I'm > > hoping Cesar or someone with a spare Spotty will > > lend him a camera and > > some film (!) to get it back into his blood. Hey, > > we've all been there ;-) > > > > Thanks you for your co-operation. Company dismissed. > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Fussy? > Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and > lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
