Re: Custom modifications - who does this? bold typing

["Kah Heng, Tan" <kahheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Begging your pardon Simon. I am new to the list and did not understand
your needs.


At 01:51 AM 12/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
> perhaps it is simon who uses
> larger and bolder type so that he can read it on 17" screen of his
> presario. he also can't catch the spelling errors and he has new glasses.
> spell check on this machine hardly catches theses single finger-left-
> hand typos. you'd be surprised how many typos he does catch. furthermore
> he usually had a darn good editor backing him up . these included the
> late, great milt salamon, dan blue at fawcett books, and ed meyers at
> modern and pop photo. bill clark started me writing at us camera. i quit
> pop photo to help him at camera thirty five some fourteen years later..
> if i can't read it myself how can know what i am saying. 
>
> Kah Heng, Tan wrote: 
> >  Hi 
> >
> > Thanks for the info. 
> >
> > Do you realise that your text tends to be extra large? Is there some
> > reason for this? 
> >
> > Regards 
> > Tan 
> >   
> >   
> >
> > At 12:33 PM 12/25/99 -0500, you wrote: 
> > > there are so many ready-nade
> > > panoramic camera why would you want to build less than already exists.
> > > state your needs and i'll try to match up the camera. meanwhile the
> > > hasseblad xpan should do you until you realize it's for welltodo
> > > backpackers and learn firsthand what you really need. look in back of
> > > that leading nontechnical  photo journal,shutterbug, for advt of
> > > buddy graves. he was the genius at prof camera nyc who did many of the
> > > things that couldn't be done that i wanted. simon nathan 
> > >
> > > Kah Heng, Tan wrote: 
> > > > Hi 
> > > >
> > > > Merry Christmas everyone! 
> > > >
> > > > I am just curious to find out, could anyone tell me which company takes
> > > > ready made cameras and custom modifies them to be panoramic cameras? That
> > > > or which company makes custom mods, period? 
> > > >
> > > > I came across an old Al Satterwhite book that I have and saw a nice Nikon
> > > > F2 custom job that Satterwhite owns. It is a 35mm job with a 1:3 side to
> > > > length film ratio, has two interchangeable largeformat lenses mounted on
> > > > cones (like the Linhof Technorama lenses) and has a nice optical finder.
> > > > The prism and shutter assembly has been removed. On the whole, it looks
> > > > like such a fantastically handy camera. 
> > > >
> > > > Anyone? 
> > > >
> > > > Thanks 
> > > > Tan
> > >  
>