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sixshot
10th of July 2005 (Sun), 03:06
Next weekend I shall leave the comfort of my pc and the POTN forum and head to Hong Kong to buy a long awaited 20D - So, for for now, 20D 'nil'.

But, 'one' to the POTN strap which flew over to China and arrived yesterday!

Living in China can be hard at times, especially not knowing the language. And this works both ways. The postman here cannot understand English addresses (and why should they!) and they often don't know Pinyin - Chinese in English words.

So, I want a strap! The ordering page doesn't except Chinese. Dilemma?? I think not. A quick mail to Phil and he tells me not to worry. I send him a jpeg with the address in Chinese (see below) and he grabs it, whacks the address on for me and hey presto, it arrives!

A big thank you to Phil, who goes to all lengths to get the strap to every corner of the globe. Now all I need is the camera......Only 6 days now!!

sixshot
10th of July 2005 (Sun), 03:09
Ohh, and I love it by the way!!

Wazza
10th of July 2005 (Sun), 03:25
That's pretty neat. Good luck in getting the 20D next week. :)

Sure you'll enjoy them both together. :D
I certainly do.

I even found one of the so-called "sharpie" pens.

I was helping my work out, at a local Kids Fair, the Prime Minister turned up, I RAN and grabbed my 20D turned on, and shot this:

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/kids_02.jpg

Only upon looking at the marker pen she used to write her name up, I realised it was the "sharpie" pen. :D
(BTW, bad shot, I was in AV mode, and would normally have Manual mode, and 1/60th)

Share us your results, once you get the camera

sixshot
10th of July 2005 (Sun), 03:42
Don't worry, I'll be posting many shots and asking a ton of questions!!

pcasciola
10th of July 2005 (Sun), 16:30
Wow, I'm impressed that it got there so fast!! I thought that one would be a couple of weeks at least.

sixshot
10th of July 2005 (Sun), 23:27
Well I thought I'd have the camera first too!! It was a damn speedy delivery.