On May 31, 2009, at 10:04 , Adam Maas wrote:
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:58 AM, William Robb <[email protected]>
wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas"
Subject: Re: The Leica as a Teacher
Nikon EM and a 50/1.8 Series E was my first real camera. Shot with
that for a couple of years until my dad loaned me his Nikon
wunderkamera that he couldn't figure out.
My first camera was a Fujica 35-ML rangefinder, and I still have it.
It's a little gem of a camera dating from the mid 1950s.
Since it is a non interchangable lens camera, I was forced into the
one lens
philosophy of learning composition. I think I am a better
photographer for
it too.
William Robb
My first camera was a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 130, still have it. In
between that and the EM I had a Ricoh 35S fixed-focus 35mm P&S.
Neither were terribly good, both were lots of fun.
Ok. I'll play.
My first camera was a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model I got for
Christmas in 1950, a moulded phenolic box with a plastic lens that
sits on my fridge loaded with 620 film on it's 12th frame, flash
attached, bulb inserted, safety cover on the flash. I now consider it
a toy. There were millions made, including a French version made in
France. Value = $5 ±.
My second camera was a Zeiss Ikon Nettax 513/16 my father brought me
from Germany in 1954. 6x6 folder, 120 film, tan leatherette (not the
usual black) which I used for 10 years until I purchased a Zenza
Bronica outfit (body, two backs, 3 lenses) in Japan while in the Navy
in 1965. Sold the Zeiss for $25 to a mate. It's now worth between $300
and $500. Supplemented the Bronica with a 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 Bush Pressman
in 1966, which I still have. Sold the Bronica stuff at a camera swap
meet in 1994 for about $100. About what it was worth.
When I got back from my Vietnam tour in 1966 I purchased a Honeywell
Pentax Spotmatic, black, which sits in the drawer next to me, loaded
with film and a 50mm ƒ1.4 lens. At one point I had more than 17
Takumars, but I sold them all on eBay in the late 90s after deciding
I'd be happier with the K-1000 I picked up in 1978. This was followed
over the years by another K-1000 or two. Then an MV, MX, LX, a PZ-1p,
2 more LXn, a Deardorff, an *istD, K100, K10D, K20D, another K20D, and
you know where this is headed...
After getting paid in camera equipment for work breaking up and
selling off the contents of a long established camera store in 1996,
my house is still filled with a huge variety of cameras and lenses of
various sizes and age. If I stop participating in PDML for a few
months, it's because I finally decided to get rid of them all, as they
are an Albatross around my neck by this time.
Joseph McAllister
Lots of gear, not much time
http://gallery.me.com/jomac
http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html
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