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Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera -GS- George Sinos http://www.GeorgesPhotos.net -- 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.
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No longer have the camera, but it was a Brownie Starmite (1962). Back then, developing a roll of BW film (12ex) cost $.50. Jeffery On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:28 AM, George Sinos wrote: Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera -GS- George Sinos http://www.GeorgesPhotos.net -- 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.
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As a kid, I had a Brownie. In college, I used only a Polaroid. My first real camera was the Asahi Spotmatic I purchased in the Far East in 1966. Dan On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:28 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera -GS- George Sinos http://www.GeorgesPhotos.net -- 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.
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My first SERIOUS camera was a Mamiya 500TL. A year later, I got a Pentax Spotmatic (1969). Both cameras gave me what I thought were mediocre results. Until I discovered that the weakest link in my system was a cheap Durst enlarging lens. I switched to a Schneider Componon and the quality of the images increased by about 500%. It took me 6 years to discover the issue. Jeffery -- 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.
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George Sinos wrote on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:28:54 -0700 Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera The first camera I used regularly was my older brother's Universal Meteor 620, a very simple design with a singlet lens which aperatures from f11-32, two shutter settings (B and I ) and an extinction light meter. I used it while I was in high school with rather indifferent results. Nostalgia led me to buy one on eBay last summer for $6! When I earned enough money from my paper route to buy a decent camera I bought a used a Rolleiflex 3.5E which I used for several years until I got the itch for interchangeable lenses. The Rollei was then replaced by my first new camera, a Pentax H3v, and I've been shooting Pentax ever since... Regards, Jim __ Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap. - William Bennett Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com -- 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.
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The first camera that was mine was an old camera that belonged to my uncle: http://www.etsy.com/listing/55887756/vintage-kodak-duaflex-ll-twin-lens I wonder if this is why I'm comfortable composing on an LCD screen. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com wrote: George Sinos wrote on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:28:54 -0700 Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera The first camera I used regularly was my older brother's Universal Meteor 620, a very simple design with a singlet lens which aperatures from f11-32, two shutter settings (B and I ) and an extinction light meter. I used it while I was in high school with rather indifferent results. Nostalgia led me to buy one on eBay last summer for $6! When I earned enough money from my paper route to buy a decent camera I bought a used a Rolleiflex 3.5E which I used for several years until I got the itch for interchangeable lenses. The Rollei was then replaced by my first new camera, a Pentax H3v, and I've been shooting Pentax ever since... Regards, Jim __ Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap. - William Bennett Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
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On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:28 AM, George Sinos wrote: Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? Mine was an Argus C3, which I still have, and which still works. I ended up shooting 7 1/2 rolls with it at Burning Man this year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ Mine does not have the shoe on top that yours does. http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera -GS- George Sinos http://www.GeorgesPhotos.net -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
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We've done this before, a few years ago, but I guess it won't hurt as there are many new subscribers. My first camera was a Voigtlander Vito CD, fixed lens rangefinder with a selenium meter. Gave me very good results and sparked my interest in photography so that I then bought a Pentax SV: stayed with a Pentax as my main camera ever since, although as I mentioned in another thread, had a Fujita ST705n(?) when my SV was stolen. And, because the Amateur Photographer magazines I was reading in the late 60's always said a photographer needed both rangefinder and SLR types, and 35mm and 6x6 formats, I later got a Rolleicord and a Fed4L - the latter I still have, and despite it's being Russian, cost the same new as the second-hand Voigtlander, is still going strong: it's built like a tank. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jim King Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 1:00 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO -First Camera - George's posterous George Sinos wrote on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:28:54 -0700 Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera The first camera I used regularly was my older brother's Universal Meteor 620, a very simple design with a singlet lens which aperatures from f11-32, two shutter settings (B and I ) and an extinction light meter. I used it while I was in high school with rather indifferent results. Nostalgia led me to buy one on eBay last summer for $6! When I earned enough money from my paper route to buy a decent camera I bought a used a Rolleiflex 3.5E which I used for several years until I got the itch for interchangeable lenses. The Rollei was then replaced by my first new camera, a Pentax H3v, and I've been shooting Pentax ever since... Regards, Jim __ Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap. - William Bennett Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com -- 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.
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:56 +1000, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: We've done this before, a few years ago, but I guess it won't hurt as there are many new subscribers. My first camera was a Voigtlander Vito CD, fixed lens rangefinder with a selenium meter. Gave me very good results and sparked my interest in photography so that I then bought a Pentax SV: stayed with a Pentax as my main camera ever since, although as I mentioned in another thread, had a Fujita ST705n(?) when my SV was stolen. And, because the Amateur Photographer magazines I was reading in the late 60's always said a photographer needed both rangefinder and SLR types, and 35mm and 6x6 formats, I later got a Rolleicord and a Fed4L - the latter I still have, and despite it's being Russian, cost the same new as the second-hand Voigtlander, is still going strong: it's built like a tank. Like you, my first camera was a Voigtlander rangefinder, given to me by a friend. It was probably one of the Vito family but its exact designation is lost in the dimness of memory. Anyway, it gave way to a second-hand Pentax S1a (the first camera I actually bought). Somehow I managed to skip the Spotmatic era and subsequently there was a brief dalliance with a Ricoh XR2 (before it was stolen), but I returned to Pentax with a P30n and have been here ever since. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jim King Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 1:00 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO -First Camera - George's posterous George Sinos wrote on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:28:54 -0700 Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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.
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We've done this before,but I can't resist commenting. I had a wacky great aunt who was a photographer and artist. She gave me an old box camera then an old twin lens. My dad came back from WWII with an army surplus 2 1/4 x 3 Speed Graphic. Then he bought a Retina 3c, both of which I got to use on a limited basis. About '78(?), I looked for my own camera. I wanted aperture priority, so the Canon AE1 was out. Nikon was too expensive. Olympus (OM1??) was cheaper but still pricey. The Pentax ME was perfect, then a Super Program, then a PZ-1, then I found this list. Tens of Cameras and Lenses later, I still have Pentax. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:56 +1000, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: We've done this before, a few years ago, but I guess it won't hurt as there are many new subscribers. My first camera was a Voigtlander Vito CD, fixed lens rangefinder with a selenium meter. Gave me very good results and sparked my interest in photography so that I then bought a Pentax SV: stayed with a Pentax as my main camera ever since, although as I mentioned in another thread, had a Fujita ST705n(?) when my SV was stolen. And, because the Amateur Photographer magazines I was reading in the late 60's always said a photographer needed both rangefinder and SLR types, and 35mm and 6x6 formats, I later got a Rolleicord and a Fed4L - the latter I still have, and despite it's being Russian, cost the same new as the second-hand Voigtlander, is still going strong: it's built like a tank. Like you, my first camera was a Voigtlander rangefinder, given to me by a friend. It was probably one of the Vito family but its exact designation is lost in the dimness of memory. Anyway, it gave way to a second-hand Pentax S1a (the first camera I actually bought). Somehow I managed to skip the Spotmatic era and subsequently there was a brief dalliance with a Ricoh XR2 (before it was stolen), but I returned to Pentax with a P30n and have been here ever since. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jim King Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 1:00 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO -First Camera - George's posterous George Sinos wrote on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:28:54 -0700 Today's Topic -your first camera. How did you get started? http://georges.posterous.com/first-camera -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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.
