[pure-silver] Re: Well, howdy-do.
- From: "Stein" <rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:19:46 +0800
Dear Becky Lynn,
Egad.
It appears to have been the year that was for you, and you have our
sympathies. But we are glad to hear from you and to read that you are taking up
the photo game again. A lot has happened since your last post. I'll see if I
can summarize it and any thing I leave out can be added by other members. In
this last year:
1. Hasselblad has been bought out by Kodak who have been bought out by Agfa
who have been bought out by Cousin Benny's World 'o Discounts. This means that
we will now get 30% off all fabrics purchased when we buy Zeiss lenses or Xtol
developer. I am planning to rush out and save as soon as I can get my family to
tell me where they have hidden my wallet.
2. The current high score on megapixels is 39. By the Law of Camera Stores
this equates to $ 60,000. If anyone had said this in 1966 they would have been
locked up and fed on sedatives and Pablum for the rest of their lives.
3. You can no longer get Super XX in Whole Plate. The glass factory burned
down.
4. It is now illegal to submit any work anywhere to any publisher that is
not pre-pressed, pre-set, and pre-approved by the American Society of Art
Directors. Contravention of this law will result in your disqualification from
the B&H mailing list and you will be asked to hand in your press pass.
5. Folmer and Schwing have bought out Hewlett Packard. Look for a new line
of digital Graflex D's. They run on Caterpillar tractor batteries.
6. It has been discovered that used fixer and developer can be used as a
substitute for pool chemicals. Particularly if it is your neighbour's pool.....
Anyway, your old uncle must away and uncork his dinner. Do keep us posted
about the photos you are taking.
Uncle Dick
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