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.
