Apart from my Mum's Brownie, which I used occasionally, my first camera was a Voigtlander Vito CD, bought just one week before I left the UK for the first time to live overseas for two years. The fact that it took ten days to get there by ship gave me invaluable learning time, as I had never even used a camera with adjustable settings, let alone a light-meter, before. I kept it for some years, then I think I sold it to a friend: should have kept it, it was much better built than the Fed 4L I eventually bought as a replacement rangefinder camera ( those were the days when no serious amateur didn't own and use a 35mm SLR, a 35mm rangefinder and a 6x6 TLR!).
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Owens Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:32 PM To: pdml Subject: What was your first camera? In my case, it was a Brownie Hawkeye with flash that used Press 25 bulbs Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
