On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: > Thanks, Bob. I see. > Mine has probably not seen much use. > It still works perfectly after more than 50 years. > Unfortunately there's no accumulating frame counter, so I can't > check :-)
Some of my very first photos were taken with an Aires Viscount rangefinder camera that my dad had when I was in my early teens. Once I learned to use the rangefinder I was snapping away at everything. He had a darkroom in our basement, so I learned to develop and print. I must have been 12 or 13 when I processed my first roll of film and made some prints. Fixer got in my veins that day and I was hooked for life. My dad moved on to Exakta and Leica, and he would occasionally let me use one of them. I don't know what became of his old Aires. I wish I had it today. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
