----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 7:51 AM Subject: Collecting cameras
My most used camera next to my trusty SPF, had to be my old Kodak 128(!), it was my first camera, bought it about 1960/61. I used it most days until about 1971. Then I bought my first SLR, a Minolta SRT-101, which lasted only 8 months (R.I.P.), after a terminal swim in the Indian Ocean. I bought my SPF in 1973, and still use it I have 3 Spotmatic F's, 1 Spotmatic 500, 1 Spotmatic SP, 2 ME's, 1 MES and a Recoh KR-10 with motor-drive and Nikon Photomic FTn. I find I'm using an SPF, SP, SP500, and KR-10 equally, and the ME's and MES almost daily with semi-permanent Vivitar Zoom or Telephoto lenses. I'm awaiting a couple of Russian Range-finder cameras I bought through Ebay, a Zorki-4 and a FED 2. I'm intending use them for B&W Portrait work, and to buy a Jupiter or Helios 85mm/f2, 85mm/f1.5, and possibly a 100mm and 135mm lenses. I also intend to buy a new Kiev 88 MF camera and lenses by the end of the year. James (User or Collector, which comes first, the chicken or the egg?) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
