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Flat spot

in Olympus E-System , Wednesday, March 31, 2004
I'm not very enthusiastic about photography at the moment. Or more accurately, I'm not very enthusiastic about my photography, or taking photographs. Partly due to a recent flame exchange which I found depressing in the extreme (but I do keep reminding myself that the vast majority of Americans are not, in fact, pompous name-dropping self-important tossers).

Anyway. I really forced myself to try to do something with this camera thing on Sunday and I've finally got around to posting a result.

boscoluganese_3280594.jpg Late afternoon view over Lake Lugano from Bosco Luganese

Couldn't be bothered with a tripod and everything. Maybe things will improve... The real reason, I think, is first of all, there's only so long you can stay interested in anything in a complete vacuum, and, secondly, I simply don't have the time to immerse myself to take my photography to a level I would like to reach. Or possibly I'm just a pompous, name-droppng self-important - and talentless - tosser.

Who knows.

Posted in Olympus E-System on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 10:17 PM • Permalink • Comments (4)

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Rick Robinson April 02, 2004 - 8:22
I just discovered your website and I really like the idea of following someone in diary form that uses the Olympus E-1. I have owned the camera for just a few weeks and absolutely love it. What happened to make you lose interest in photography? How did the "flame" discussion happen?

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Tom Davis April 04, 2004 - 3:20
I just wanted to say that I have followed your musings and results since you began and I've learned a lot from this site. So I hope that after you just give yourself some time off, you'll find it worthwhile to offer some more to those of us who can use it.

Tom

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David Mantripp April 04, 2004 - 10:36
Well thanks for the kind comments!

To Rick... what happened ? I don't know, but some combination of information overload burnout, lack of spare time, and wondering if I really needed another 100 photos that nobody will ever look at 😊

To Tom, well I'm going to Romania for a week at Easter, and if that doesn't kick start me again I should book myself a funeral!

I'm surprised - really - that there is much of use to people here. I have had several ideas about posting some more in-depth stuff, for example comparisons of various noise reduction tools, but I never quite finish them. Being a co-founder of a young technology startup, as I am, doesn't always leave me as much time as I would like.

Thanks again to both of you - I'll stop feeling sorry for myself now.

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ivo kwee April 10, 2004 - 5:13
Hi David,

After your funeral, can I have the E-1 then? Promise to make some nice shots for your relatives... 😊 Oh, yeah I love your Apple Cinema screen too. Can I have that one too?

Ivo

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