On 21 January 2011 14:50, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> 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. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.