>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
I miss Nebraska. Spent 7 great years in Omaha. So I look forward to hearing what you get. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
