Yes, indeed, I am in Cottyland. Cotty and Alma were kind enough to transport and feed me last night, and it was very enjoyable (and the home-made pizza was =much= better than Cotty would have you believe!).
The 1D Mark II is a formidable machine indeed--heavy, solid, heavy, nice-handling, and did I mention heavy? With one of those along, if you have a sudden need for a wheel chock for your Boeing 747, you're all set! One tends to forget how nice old all-metal lenses are; the Cotty-ized 15 and 85 are real beauties. I spent Sunday wandering about this small town fending off jet lag and taking pictures, and spent most of yesterday wandering around Oxford taking pictures. Today I had to work. Tomorrow to London for mostly work, maybe a few pics. Goodness knows when I'll get them sorted and posted... Cheers, and thanks again Cotty! Rick --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two things folks, > > One - Rick Womer says hi - or rather he will of his > own accord shortly. > I picked him up from a village a few miles away at > 7pm and my good lady > just dropped him back after a bite to eat and a > drop to drink. Rick is > over on personal business for a week or so and > kindly took time out to > come say hi. Sorry the homemade pizza wasn't up to > scratch!! While I was > sabotaging said pizzas, Rick stepped out onto the > patio with the > 1DmarkII and A*85 1.4 to sample the light. He seemed > suitably impressed > - but not by the weight. And who can blame him? I > guess one just gets > babied by all these plastic lenses nowadays ;-) > > Rick was a charming guest and it was a pleasure to > meet him. Not only > that, but he and I will soon reunite at GFM - expect > much amusement as > Bach meets Bluegrass in an RV near you! > > Two - by kind arrangement of those that one makes > arrangements through, > there will be an extra guest in the GFM PDML camp > next week. Enter one > Brian Kavanagh, a Californian kid who is a designer > and now lives in > Ohio. Brian and I spent many a pimply-youthed day > browsing suitable > mates at malls in 70s San Jose, and devouring sci-fi > novels like you > would not believe. This probably explains a lot. > Either way, he's > popping over from Loveland (like one does) on the > Friday and staying til > Sunday, full GFM NPW ticket in hand courtesy of > another lister. He's a > great bloke and a good laugh - the photography needs > work though, so I'm > hoping Cesar or someone with a spare Spotty will > lend him a camera and > some film (!) to get it back into his blood. Hey, > we've all been there ;-) > > Thanks you for your co-operation. Company dismissed. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
