On Jan 28, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > Well, maybe not EVERYTHING. But I got interested in photography in > about 1975, as a sophomore in High School.
Are you another nifty 50? I've lost track. This mailing list seems to be the first time in years that I've been in a social group with a bunch of people my age. > 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 Aaarrrrrgggghhhh! 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. > > As they say, it is never too late to have a happy childhood. I think of my self as having had 35 years of practice being 15. > : ) > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
