On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:50:17 -0000, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Doug Franklin wrote: > >> Markus Maurer wrote: >>> Hi Pentaxians >>> Would you mind supporting my nostalgic feelings by showing me some of > your >>> first or just very old Pentax photographs >>> right now? >> >> My earliest are from about 1975 or 1976 on a K-1000. I used to have >> some of them scanned, but can't find them right now. > > My earliest (that I have in digital form - there are others in boxes of > negs) is from 1977. I've shown it to the list before, but for those who > weren't traumatized enough the first time, here it is: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/prom1977.jpg > > It's my high school junior prom. My family found the whole concept of > the "high school prom" more that a little weird. I went as a > photographer for the school yearbook (and made sure to wear my rattiest > clothes!) and got this shot with a K-1000 and 55mm f/2.0. > Tripod-mounted, 1-second shutter speed and manually-triggered flash to > get the combination of blur and sharp. > > Note to horrified fashionistas: If you think those clothes look ghastly > in this photo, you should have seen them in color. Pastels were all the > rage for tuxedos at the time. <shudder> I'm not sure that fashion had much to do with it. The Beatles hairstyle went out of fashion in 1965. Good pic, though. John -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
