Ron Bishop

[GrahamS]

RIP Ron. He will be missed.
Does anyone here have any news about Les Gediman?

Benny, Les passed away some time ago. See here:
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=1961&p=13059&hilit ... man#p13059

[Bennybee]

That is sad. I didn't know. I must have missed that news back then (I was away from here for a while when my photography was on a pause).
I once sold a Nikon EM to Les and I had to send it to his new address in Florida. We emailed back and forth for a short while and he told me that he used to live here in Belgium for a few years. He was friends here then with the Antwerp artist Jan Cox and Les even sent me a small proof etching that he once got from that artist.

[GrahamS]

That is sad. I didn't know. I must have missed that news back then (I was away from here for a while when my photography was on a pause).
I once sold a Nikon EM to Les and I had to send it to his new address in Florida. We emailed back and forth for a short while and he told me that he used to live here in Belgium for a few years. He was friends here then with the Antwerp artist Jan Cox and Les even sent me a small proof etching that he once got from that artist.

Benny, as I have said before, Les was one of the worlds true gentlemen.

[PFMcFarland]

Well, this is a sorry bit of news. I shouldn't stay away for so long. Ron was always encouraging me in my pursuit of camera repair knowledge, even sending me a box of cameras every so often as he was cleaning out his collection. Most of what he gave me worked just fine, and I enjoyed learning about their different characteristics. He loved to tell me the tales of his truck driving days on the occasional times he would call. He is sorely missed as is Les and the others who no longer populate this Forum.

Keep it 'tween the lines, Ron!

PF

[titrisol]

PF! I was just thinkg about you, havent seen new pics in a while.
Hope you are doing well

Well, this is a sorry bit of news. I shouldn't stay away for so long. Ron was always encouraging me in my pursuit of camera repair knowledge, even sending me a box of cameras every so often as he was cleaning out his collection. Most of what he gave me worked just fine, and I enjoyed learning about their different characteristics. He loved to tell me the tales of his truck driving days on the occasional times he would call. He is sorely missed as is Les and the others who no longer populate this Forum.

Keep it 'tween the lines, Ron!

PF

[Julio1fer]

We’ll miss Ron, I remember many of his posts but one stands out in my memory. In Nelsonfoto, he once posted about a found film frame in a Pentax Spotmatic which collectively we identified as being the entrance to the Pompeii ruins in Italy, after a long search. He also commented about his truck driving and, IIRC, riding motorcycles.

RIP Ron, and let us all keep in touch.