Amita Guha wrote:

> snip, snip, snip
>
> I did have one advantage over Nate - I had two bodies, so I had to
> switch lenses less often than he did. ;)
>

I thought the advantage of having two bodies was that you could be in more
than one
place at once :)

>
> We had an interesting altercation with a camera store owner in
> Cambridge. This guy wanted to charge Nate $57 for a 58mm circular
> polarizer. We casually commented that we could get it for a lot cheaper
> in NY, and the proprieter threw a hissyfit. Seems he gets a lot of
> people complaining about his prices and comparing them to B&H. The next
> day, we found Ritz Camera selling the polarizer for $31. The guy who
> helped us at Ritz was very nice and asked to look at Nate's camera. We
> are tempted to call the Cambridge guy to tell him he's being vastly
> undercut by folks just across the river. <VBG>

The hissyfit may have been especially hissy at this time with the Boston/NY
rivalry heightened by the baseball scene..

> We had a terrific time overall. Seems we missed the foliage, but I found
> plenty of other things to shoot!
>
> Amita

Can't wait to see them, Amita --
Hope Merrill's book was helpful as well as amusing :)

Best,
ann

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