On 21 January 2011 14:50, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is HILARIOUS... (as Paul Harvey used to say, "The Rest of the
> Story"). I emailed my Getty photographer son-in-Law (
> http://www.bigstormpicture.com and http://www.bigstormpicture.com/blog
> and http://backingwinds.blogspot.com ) about my Minolta 110 SLR
> "find" and my "big plans" for it. (He's as big a nerd as I am in many
> ways, so I thought he might appreciate it.) He emails me back:
>
> "Hah, that's funny -- that's probably my old Minolta 110 if you got it
> from that thrift store. :) I had it in a box and planned to try shooting with
> it, but once I realized that the film had to be sent out to develop
> (unless you shot BW and did it yourself) and that there are virtually
> no ways to scan the film well due to it's teeny tiny size, I chucked
> it in the thrift store box. But it's one of the cooler looking cameras
> I've ever seen, cool enough that I wished it shot 35!"
>
> When I responded with "You're kidding. You did this recently?" he said,
>
> "Nope, it's true! Jazz & I were cleaning out the closet and I when I
> checked the Ebay value of the camera I figured it wasn't worth
> selling. I'd have just given it to you outright but I didn't think
> you'd have any need for a 110 camera. :) It's like they say, one
> man's junk is another man's treasure!"
>
> True Dat!
You are correct, that's HILARIOUS!
—M.
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