Re: When did it click

2010-01-30 Thread Boris Liberman
On 1/25/2010 11:44 AM, Derby Chang wrote: So.when did it first click for you? When I was a kid, one of my mother's uncles used to do the photography. It was usually rather long process whereas he would position me, take readings (now I realize it was a light meter), fiddle with his

Re: When did it click

2010-01-30 Thread Stan Halpin
On 1/25/2010 11:44 AM, Derby Chang wrote: So.when did it first click for you? My Dad had a camera for as long as I can remember. Occasional slide shows of family trips were part of our growing up. When I was 14 I got a Kodak 8mm movie camera, my brother got an Argus C-3, my Mom had

Re: When did it click

2010-01-30 Thread Toine
snapshots processed by the local drugstore. Digital was the latest and loudest click for me. Toine On 25 January 2010 10:44, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly

Re: When did it click

2010-01-28 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment I was sent out by my

Re: When did it click

2010-01-28 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au So.when did it first click for you? My dad shot with a Minolta took a lot of slides of family vacations. Family slide shows are some of my favorite family memories, and issues of Life and Time magazine were always

Re: When did it click

2010-01-28 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:52:20 -0600 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au So.when did it first click for you? Seems I have been hooked on taking pictures as long as i have been a drunk. given I was a point of amusement as a drunken toddler

Re: When did it click

2010-01-27 Thread Derby Chang
John Poirier wrote: Hi. I've subscribed to this group since the late '90s but have been active only sporadically. I check in to see what's happening quite often, though. Now I'm an empty nester, hoping to have more time to participate. This will serve nicely as a re-introduction. I got

Re: When did it click

2010-01-27 Thread Derby Chang
Cotty wrote: Okay I'll bite. Given a no-name twin lens reflex when I was 9 by a friend of the family to photograph a sea voyage between Liverpool and Montreal that I made with my mother and grandmother and a sister to rejoin my father and other sister in California. (Montreal to Vancouver by

Re: When did it click

2010-01-27 Thread Bong Manayon
I got hold of my dad's Petri 7s when I was three and the fascination never ceased... On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike

Re: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 25/01/2010, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment I can't say when it was for me, there were

Re: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Okay I'll bite. Given a no-name twin lens reflex when I was 9 by a friend of the family to photograph a sea voyage between Liverpool and Montreal that I made No planes back then eh. Dave with my mother and grandmother and a

Re: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread David Savage
film camera that came in a show bag. DS 2010/1/25 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment I was sent out

Re: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread Tom C
, but it was that purchase of the MX and lenses that really got me serious about it. Tom On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past

Re: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread DagT
kl. 10.44 skrev Derby Chang: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment I was sent out by my then-employer to do some work in Simi

Re: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread Cotty
Given a no-name twin lens reflex when I was 9 by a friend of the family to photograph a sea voyage between Liverpool and Montreal that I made No planes back then eh. we were in 4th class (you swim behind the ship). -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

RE: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread John Coyle
For me it didn't happen until I was due to move overseas for a couple of years (from the UK to St. Helena) and realised it might be a good idea to buy a camera for the trip. So I bought a second-hand Voigtlander Vito CD for GBP20, plus a little bulb flash. Shot only Kodachromes for a while, then

Re: When did it click

2010-01-26 Thread John Poirier
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:44 AM Subject: When did it click Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game

When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread Derby Chang
Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment I was sent out by my then-employer to do some work in Simi Valley, CA. Bored, I picked up

Re: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: When did it click So.when did it first click for you? I think I was about 8. My parents had taken me along with them on a trip to Cypress Hills (sadly thats not in Cypress) and my dad wanted a picture of the two of them on Bald

Re: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:34 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Derby Chang Subject: When did it click So.when did it first click for you? About the age of 11 or 12. Dad was into photography and passed down a Kodak box camera for me to try. I

RE: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread Bob W
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_01/10_01_click/index.htm So.when did it first click for you? I used to watch the Vietnam war on TV and look at the pictures in the papers when I was a kid. The people I admired were the reporters, cameramen and photographers. I was given

Re: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread Tim Bray
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment Dad always had a camera

Re: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread Cotty
Okay I'll bite. Given a no-name twin lens reflex when I was 9 by a friend of the family to photograph a sea voyage between Liverpool and Montreal that I made with my mother and grandmother and a sister to rejoin my father and other sister in California. (Montreal to Vancouver by train). Later

RE: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty [...] I was 16. Still am. M! -- 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

Re: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 25, 2010, at 1:44 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment It's funny, I don't think I ever had one

RE: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Derby Chang Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment I was sent out by my then-employer to do some work in Simi Valley, CA. Bored, I

Re: When did it click

2010-01-25 Thread paul stenquist
Bought my first camera at the age of ten. It was a little box camera that took 610 film. I paid $2 for it. Those were 1958 dollars, so it would probably cost around $15 today. I was fascinated by the way it could stop motion and how the light and shadows played on film. I also started