So, they stole that Marilyn Monroe shot from you? It's nice to actually have you first shot. Those cameras were really basic and now look at "all the features" we put up with.
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11-07-29 9:43 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> We've had numerous "first camera" threads over the years, and I've said >> that my first was a plastic 620-film box camera that I bought at Erler's >> camera store for two dollars. I remembered what it looked like, but couldn't >> recall the name. Well, I ran across a picture of it on the web -- or one >> just like it. Talk abut instant recognition and great memories. It was a >> Herco Imperial, and here's the pic of it: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13891874 >> >> And here's a pic I took with it, probably with my first roll of film. I've >> shown it before. I think it was Easter Sunday, 1958: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12947312 >> >> Paul > > The sky looks all blown out. Did you bracket? :-) :-) > > It's a great first shot, Paul. I don't have any of mine anymore but I > suspect my first shot was an out-of-focus hand. > > Happy memories! > > -bmw > > -- > 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.
