Since this thread has devolved into a personal history of photography ...
1. 1959 - Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash inherited from my grandmother when I was 9 years old. I don't know what happened to the flash attachment. I might not have ever had it. 2. Early 60s - Various Kodak Instamatic (126 cartridge) cameras shared with family. 3. Early 60 - Various Kodak 110 Instamatic cameras shared with family. 4. ~ 1968 Praktika SLR (most likely Praktika FX). I used it until some time in the early 70s when the shutter became wonky. I was directed to a guy who did camera repairs out of his garage to have it repaired. I kept calling to see if he got it fixed & he was always "still working on it" up until the time he moved without leaving a forwarding address. 5. 70s - More Kodak 110 Instamatic cameras, now all of my own. 6. 70s - Various Polaroid 600 instant cameras. 7. 1984 - Pentax A3000 (from the PX at Ft Bragg, NC) - didn't have it long because it was basically a point 'n shoot dressed up as an SLR. After about 6 months I had saved up enough to buy ... 8. 1985 - Pentax Super Program - Between Auto & Manual modes you could get Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Manual & Shutter Priority AE + Bulb & flash synch. 9. Mid 80s & early 90s - Added another Pentax Super Program; Auto 110 Super (all the lenses except the zoom + flash & winder); LX; K1000 SE 10. 2003 - PZ-1p - finally broke down & moved up to auto focus. If you ever wanted proof that better equipment does NOT make you a better photographer. 11. 2004 - *ist-D - local dealer got it just about a week before I was to deploy to Iraq. OTOH, chimping does offer instant feedback & if you learn to use the histogram you can get a second chance to get it right this time. 12. 2007 - K10D 13. 2010 - K20D 14. 2014 - K-3 15. 2015? - I'm saving up my box-tops to see what SantyClaws (yes, I know there ain't no sanity clause) is bringing me for Christmas this year! -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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.
