Well, maybe not EVERYTHING. But I got interested in photography in about 1975, as a sophomore in High School. Got involved in the yearbook staff and learned B&W darkroom. Also got to take the department's Spotmatic out to shoot a few events. That got me started. Used to read Petersen's Photographic and Popular Photography pretty religiously. Lately, it seems that I have been accumulating stuff that was wildly expensive to me in those days, but represents an incredible value today. Lenses like the Vivitar Series 1 90mm Macro f2.5 with matching 1:1 converter (known today as the Bokina). Got mine in a K-mount with original case for $150. Yesterday I won a Gossen Luna-Pro F for under $60 (half the price of a used one at B&H and a small fraction of the original MSRP of $470. As mentioned earlier, I now have a minty Minolta 110 SLR for $5. On the flip side, we're paying a lot more for film and PKA Adaptall 2 mounts than we ever have in history.
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