But they’re not saying who yet.
I’m back to work; or rather, sitting around in a crew room hoping to work. I checked my voicemail as the plane landed at O’Hare. Sure enough, there was a message waiting for me. I made a phone call. The voice on the other end told me he’d meet me between the Christmas trees next to the airplane inside the connector between Terminals 1 and 2. Despite having no idea what the other looked like, we were able to identify each other easily. I handed a total stranger $350 cash in an airport terminal, and he gave me an envelope…
Starts with this week, then continues. Green means I’m on reserve. Black is ready reserve. VAC is vacation, RSV is regular reserve. OFF, is well, off.
For the world in general. It’s a Nikon FM10. It’s a camera. That takes film. High quality, works with the zillion Nikkor lenses already out there, and does nothing automatically. It’s even more manual than my trusty F3. The fact that there is a market for a brand new, no-frills high quality film SLR makes me happy. For years, Nikon has only made very, very expensive professional film cameras, and lower quality less expensive consumer cameras. All of them have tons of features, auto-focus, auto-exposure, etc. They haven’t made a camera like this in a long time. You’ll need to…