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 <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
