Hope you had a good retreat, Bong. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bong Manayon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 1:49 AM Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > Uh...I'm actually a protestant pastor (on sabbatical...or > parole...depends...) and I led a retreat for a charismatic church in a > catholic convent; something akin to using a Takumar on an Canon film > camera which Peter (PJ) ribbed me about :-D > > A Minolta SRT-101 is heavier than ... a Spotmatic? :-| Er...if I > pulled out a number (lbs/grams) that may very well be an abstract > concept, but it's a heavy metal film SLR dating from the mid-1960s. > > Bong > > On Feb 10, 2008 12:53 PM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Bong: I have to ask: what were doing locked up in a convent? Aside >> from >> that I let loose a jolly giggle at your story. I'm not familiar with the >> weight of the Minolta, but I can imagine your joy using the lighter >> Olympus. >> Great story. Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bong Manayon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 5:14 PM >> Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? >> >> >> >> > Hi Christine, >> > >> > Was locked up in a convent for a while... >> > >> > Photographic moments? Plenty really, but what I remember as unique >> > was romping around Lake Hakone in Japan when I was 10 years old >> > (1970); I just received an Olympus PEN EE as a birthday present. To >> > put it in context, my dad taught me how to use a Minolta SRT-101, >> > which to a skinny 7-8-9-10 year old was really heavy. For the first >> > time, I enjoyed shooting...! >> > >> > Bong >> > >> > On Feb 9, 2008 9:41 AM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone: >> >> >> >> I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great >> >> international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and >> >> photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd love >> >> to >> >> hear >> >> stories about your greatest photographic moments. Anyone willing to >> >> share a >> >> story or 2? >> >> >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> >> follow the directions. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Bong Manayon >> > http://www.bong.uni.cc >> > >> > -- >> >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://www.bong.uni.cc > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
