Re: 6x17 on 4x5

[Ellis Vener <evphoto@xxxxxxxxxx>]

WE ARE VERY. VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SIMON NATHAN WITH US ON THIS LIST.
HIS PRESENCE IS MUCH APPRECIATED. SORRY TO SEE THAT A. CHASE LACKS
SOCIAL GRACES.

ELLIS VENER
HOUSTON TEXAS 
"Mitchell P. Warner" wrote:
> 
> >
> >If you really want to show off your power and prowess, you can probably
> >still get hot-rod flame decals from Epson and stick them on your simon/wide.
> >Otherwise, you're wasting bandwidth that would be better used for sincere
> >requests and helpful responses about photography.
> >
> >-- Amanda Chase
> >amandachase@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Perhaps something is missing here?  Intent?
> 
> Simon seems to have only one goal:   To share his experiences, thereby
> giving a sense of history, showing how some 'techi' solutions of the past
> and if he has made a mistake and profited from it, to share that knowledge,
> thus saving us skinned knees if possible.
> 
> At 70+ years, nearly blind, paralyzed on one side of his body from a
> stroke, I salute his willingness to learn computer technology so that he
> could share his experiences; his quick acceptance of digital panoramic work
> as creating yet another 'defination' of the type of image so difficult to
> limit with definations but so easy to recognize by any layman.
> 
> mpwarner