My first camera was a Voigtlander Vito CD in 1966: fixed 50mm Color-Skopar lens, rangefinder focussing, selenium meter, linked shutter and aperture rings so that changing either was very quick and easy, without upsetting the metering. Decent results, I shot mainly Kodachrome and recently scanned one slide for another group and was well pleased with the results. Moved to Pentax in 1968 with an SV + 55/1.8 Super Takumar - lovely camera, but no meter so some of my exposures were waaaay out! Got a meter for it in Cape Town in 1969, which improved results no end. Then I bought an identical kit in Adelaide in 2004 just for the nostalgia value - but the damned thing still takes great pictures!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:29 AM Subject: OT: Your first camera > Foregive me if you had this thread before. > I believe it's kinda fun to look back, especially if it involves pictures: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/269112157/ > My first camera was a Agfa Clack. I believe it was 1958 or 1959. 20 years > befor I got my first Pentax: An MX - that was in 1981. > Regards > > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 10/13/2006 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
