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My first digital was a Casio Qv-120 (NO flash!!) Not bad foe web work

Nest was a Kodak DC260, Great for web work

THEN the E-10, great for EVERYTHING!!!

John
Gourdfather said:
Wow, let's see:

Brownie, 120 film
Instamatic (but a nice "adjustable" one :) 126 film
Disk Camera (yuk!!)
The little thinline instamatic 110 film
Pentax screw mount
Nikon F3
Nikkormat
Yashica TLR 120 film
Various P&S
Pentak LX 35mm
Bronica ETRS 645 120 film
4x5 view camera
Cannon Sure shot 35mm
Canon Elph APS (yuk!!)
Nikon Nixvue APS
Pentax ZM (just fot micrographic work , then with a macro lens)
Oly E-10

And that's IT for quite a while!!!

John
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the child bride eh?

heheh - well, you may not be older, but your kids are! 18,16,13 - we were almost geriatric when we got married.

:-)

kind regards
jono slack
koo22 said:
koo22 said:
;-)
as for my advanced age - well yes - I was 49 on Friday, but it
isn't kind to mention it (I haven't got one of those stomach's yet
though, just a lot of wrinkles.

kind regards
jono slack
Rollei owners club.
koo22 said:
koo22 said:
:-)

jono
koo22 said:
koo22 said:
Hi, Beth. Great subject here. I've had an on/off interest in
photography for a very long time. Really the only times it was
"off" was when I was too busy with the kids when they were younger
and just didn't have much time to pursue it. But as a kid I had an
uncle who was a professional photographer. He had these beautiful
black & white 8x10s of people...some were famous (at the time)
models and movie stars, but he also took pics of the family. We
still have some of these. I didn't have a serious interest until I
was pregnant with my first child (a fair while ago ) and bought
a Minolta XD-11, which progressed to a Minolta X-700 and then a
Nikon N90S. I took a college course in darkroom work and set up a
full-fledged darkroom (with all the equipment) in our last house.
I used to stay up till 3 or 4a.m. developing & printing. I loved
the control this gave you.
My first digital camera was an Olympus D300 (?)....didn't use a
memory card and the quality, looking back, was pretty poor, but it
was cool. Then went to Olympus D620L where I became fascinated
with image editing software and how you could do the same things
you used to do in a darkroom, without the chemicals and smell!
Then came the E-10, which is also supplemented by the E-100 for
sports shooting and speed. These two cameras have definitely
rekindled my interest (as evidenced by the fact that I visit this
forum daily) llike no others have. I also have a little Canon S300
that I take with me everywhere I go for the occasional snapshot. I
also use that for real estate pictures (our business) for our
website and emails to customers. I'm having a lot of fun with all
this and imagine you will, too. I also confess to being a gadget
freak which amazes the rest of my female friends, but I've always
been "different" that way. I'm really glad to see another woman
here who shares this interest....we are definitely in the minority!
K.
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Hi Beth, I've seen you on an escalator with Ron, and you don't know what wrinkles are! The whole of the national income couldn't get rid of my lot }}}{:-)

kind regards
jono slack
Beth said:
Jono Slack said:
koo22 said:
Jono Slack said:
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pretty though - I remember the adverts with one tucked into
someone's bikini bottom (not you was it?)
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Hmmm, not me....can't say I remember those ads....must be your
advanced age, Jono! Bikini bottom? A bit uncomfortable and
COLD, I would think. But........we've all seen stranger things! K.
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hmm yes - all that metal -quite heavy too, might cause embarrasing
accidents
:-)
It was just a nice thought - 20 years ago I guess (before your time?)
;-)
as for my advanced age - well yes - I was 49 on Friday, but it
isn't kind to mention it (I haven't got one of those stomach's yet
though, just a lot of wrinkles.

kind regards
jono slack
Rollei owners club.
Member said:
Member said:
:-)

jono
koo22 said:
koo22 said:
Hi, Beth. Great subject here. I've had an on/off interest in
photography for a very long time. Really the only times it was
"off" was when I was too busy with the kids when they were younger
and just didn't have much time to pursue it. But as a kid I had an
uncle who was a professional photographer. He had these beautiful
black & white 8x10s of people...some were famous (at the time)
models and movie stars, but he also took pics of the family. We
still have some of these. I didn't have a serious interest until I
was pregnant with my first child (a fair while ago ) and bought
a Minolta XD-11, which progressed to a Minolta X-700 and then a
Nikon N90S. I took a college course in darkroom work and set up a
full-fledged darkroom (with all the equipment) in our last house.
I used to stay up till 3 or 4a.m. developing & printing. I loved
the control this gave you.
My first digital camera was an Olympus D300 (?)....didn't use a
memory card and the quality, looking back, was pretty poor, but it
was cool. Then went to Olympus D620L where I became fascinated
with image editing software and how you could do the same things
you used to do in a darkroom, without the chemicals and smell!
Then came the E-10, which is also supplemented by the E-100 for
sports shooting and speed. These two cameras have definitely
rekindled my interest (as evidenced by the fact that I visit this
forum daily) llike no others have. I also have a little Canon S300
that I take with me everywhere I go for the occasional snapshot. I
also use that for real estate pictures (our business) for our
website and emails to customers. I'm having a lot of fun with all
this and imagine you will, too. I also confess to being a gadget
freak which amazes the rest of my female friends, but I've always
been "different" that way. I'm really glad to see another woman
here who shares this interest....we are definitely in the minority!
K.
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Hi John

I recognise a victim when I see one - and that 'thati's it for quite a while' - only till the next thing comes along.

What I regret about my gadgetfreakery is that I have often got rid of good cameras to finance buying something that wasn't good

kind regards
jono slack
Gourdfather said:
Brownie, 120 film
Instamatic (but a nice "adjustable" one :) 126 film
Disk Camera (yuk!!)
The little thinline instamatic 110 film
Pentax screw mount
Nikon F3
Nikkormat
Yashica TLR 120 film
Various P&S
Pentak LX 35mm
Bronica ETRS 645 120 film
4x5 view camera
Cannon Sure shot 35mm
Canon Elph APS (yuk!!)
Nikon Nixvue APS
Pentax ZM (just fot micrographic work , then with a macro lens)
Oly E-10

And that's IT for quite a while!!!

John
Beth said:
Beth wrote:

Someone's comment to me last night made me think this might be a
very interesting thread.

Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.

I played with an old Brownie box camera as a kid...first without
film, then WITH film. I still have many of the photographs.

I went through the usual instimatics as a teenager, but it was as a
young adult after meeting my husband who also had a photography
interest that I could afford to buy something more ambitious. I
started with an Rollei 35mm. I can't remember the model, but it was
at the time, the smallest 35mm camera made. It had no rangefinder,
but DID have a light meter and a very good lense. (I still have it.)

My husband and I came across a used Leica (M5) at a camera store we
frequented that was for sale. We paid $600.00 for a body, three
lenses and a leather case. (Still have it.) :-) Somehow we
recognized that it was worth sacrificing to buy. $600.00 was a LOT
for two educators to sink into a CAMERA in the early 70's. That was
before kids.

I also bought one of Olympus's early 35mm SLR's. Again, can't
remember the model #. I loved it! It was sleek and elegant...small
and not 'mucked up' with lots of dials and buttons. Gave that one
to a professional photographer step-daughter (see it truly DOES run
in the family!)

In the past few years, since the kids have grown and left home and
there's some disposable income once again, I've purchased
digital...Olympus all! I started with the D300-something (fixed
lense/point 'n shoot), then got the a D400Z. The latest was a
C3000Z which just died. Now I'm back to 35mm equivalent, I think
with the E-10. (I have a brother with a D30 which has caused me to
drool. I've licked my chops, swallowed my fear and the E-10 arrived
yesterday.)

Whew! It's been quite a journey, but WHAT FUN!
--
Olympus E-10 (A thrilled new owner 8/18/01)
Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/galleries/cokids
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Beth wrote:

Jono, hope you don't put the E-10 in that category (something you gave up a good one for).
Jono Slack said:
What I regret about my gadgetfreakery is that I have often got rid
of good cameras to finance buying something that wasn't good

kind regards
jono slack
Gourdfather said:
Brownie, 120 film
Instamatic (but a nice "adjustable" one :) 126 film
Disk Camera (yuk!!)
The little thinline instamatic 110 film
Pentax screw mount
Nikon F3
Nikkormat
Yashica TLR 120 film
Various P&S
Pentak LX 35mm
Bronica ETRS 645 120 film
4x5 view camera
Cannon Sure shot 35mm
Canon Elph APS (yuk!!)
Nikon Nixvue APS
Pentax ZM (just fot micrographic work , then with a macro lens)
Oly E-10

And that's IT for quite a while!!!

John
Beth said:
Beth wrote:

Someone's comment to me last night made me think this might be a
very interesting thread.

Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.

I played with an old Brownie box camera as a kid...first without
film, then WITH film. I still have many of the photographs.

I went through the usual instimatics as a teenager, but it was as a
young adult after meeting my husband who also had a photography
interest that I could afford to buy something more ambitious. I
started with an Rollei 35mm. I can't remember the model, but it was
at the time, the smallest 35mm camera made. It had no rangefinder,
but DID have a light meter and a very good lense. (I still have it.)

My husband and I came across a used Leica (M5) at a camera store we
frequented that was for sale. We paid $600.00 for a body, three
lenses and a leather case. (Still have it.) :-) Somehow we
recognized that it was worth sacrificing to buy. $600.00 was a LOT
for two educators to sink into a CAMERA in the early 70's. That was
before kids.

I also bought one of Olympus's early 35mm SLR's. Again, can't
remember the model #. I loved it! It was sleek and elegant...small
and not 'mucked up' with lots of dials and buttons. Gave that one
to a professional photographer step-daughter (see it truly DOES run
in the family!)

In the past few years, since the kids have grown and left home and
there's some disposable income once again, I've purchased
digital...Olympus all! I started with the D300-something (fixed
lense/point 'n shoot), then got the a D400Z. The latest was a
C3000Z which just died. Now I'm back to 35mm equivalent, I think
with the E-10. (I have a brother with a D30 which has caused me to
drool. I've licked my chops, swallowed my fear and the E-10 arrived
yesterday.)

Whew! It's been quite a journey, but WHAT FUN!
--
Olympus E-10 (A thrilled new owner 8/18/01)
Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/galleries/cokids
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Hi Beth

It was a Nikon F100, and although it was a lovely camera, the answer is definitely NO. The bad moves were always to Minolta (Contax RTSII to Minolta 9xi) (Minolta 9xi to Minolta APS).

I've certainly got more pleasure from my E-10 than ANY other camera I've had. That isn't just because it's digital, it seems to have everything which I want and will use, and nothing that I don't/won't.

So - How are you getting on with yous?

kind regards
jono slack
http://www.slack.co.uk
Beth said:
Jono Slack said:
What I regret about my gadgetfreakery is that I have often got rid
of good cameras to finance buying something that wasn't good

kind regards
jono slack
Gourdfather said:
Brownie, 120 film
Instamatic (but a nice "adjustable" one :) 126 film
Disk Camera (yuk!!)
The little thinline instamatic 110 film
Pentax screw mount
Nikon F3
Nikkormat
Yashica TLR 120 film
Various P&S
Pentak LX 35mm
Bronica ETRS 645 120 film
4x5 view camera
Cannon Sure shot 35mm
Canon Elph APS (yuk!!)
Nikon Nixvue APS
Pentax ZM (just fot micrographic work , then with a macro lens)
Oly E-10

And that's IT for quite a while!!!

John
Beth said:
Beth wrote:

Someone's comment to me last night made me think this might be a
very interesting thread.

Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.

I played with an old Brownie box camera as a kid...first without
film, then WITH film. I still have many of the photographs.

I went through the usual instimatics as a teenager, but it was as a
young adult after meeting my husband who also had a photography
interest that I could afford to buy something more ambitious. I
started with an Rollei 35mm. I can't remember the model, but it was
at the time, the smallest 35mm camera made. It had no rangefinder,
but DID have a light meter and a very good lense. (I still have it.)

My husband and I came across a used Leica (M5) at a camera store we
frequented that was for sale. We paid $600.00 for a body, three
lenses and a leather case. (Still have it.) :-) Somehow we
recognized that it was worth sacrificing to buy. $600.00 was a LOT
for two educators to sink into a CAMERA in the early 70's. That was
before kids.

I also bought one of Olympus's early 35mm SLR's. Again, can't
remember the model #. I loved it! It was sleek and elegant...small
and not 'mucked up' with lots of dials and buttons. Gave that one
to a professional photographer step-daughter (see it truly DOES run
in the family!)

In the past few years, since the kids have grown and left home and
there's some disposable income once again, I've purchased
digital...Olympus all! I started with the D300-something (fixed
lense/point 'n shoot), then got the a D400Z. The latest was a
C3000Z which just died. Now I'm back to 35mm equivalent, I think
with the E-10. (I have a brother with a D30 which has caused me to
drool. I've licked my chops, swallowed my fear and the E-10 arrived
yesterday.)

Whew! It's been quite a journey, but WHAT FUN!
--
Olympus E-10 (A thrilled new owner 8/18/01)
Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/galleries/cokids
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Hmm, I started when I was a early teenager using some Polaroid camera. Around that time, 135 film was dying, and it was substantially after the flash cube era. Moved up to some various P&S jobs that were becoming popular (Canon Sure Shot comes to mind).

In high school got my first SLR, a Pentax (MX I belive, or ME). That one died after I left some film in it for several years in the extremely humid area I live in, corroded out beyond repair. But it set me straight about the creative potential of SLR cameras, and I would never be satisfied with a P&S again. In the meantime I was using a Nikomat fairly extensively. More recently, I got handed down a Canon AE-1 that was floating around the family, still using that one from time to time.

Digitally, my first camera was a Kodak Palmpix (if you can call that a camera) and I used a Digital Elph S100 fairly extensively. Decided that I hated mainstream digital technology and went for the E-10 soon after I had a job that paid enough to afford it.
 
Beth wrote:

Getting better, I think. I'm feeling more capable of getting good focus and all the discussion here has helped. I am very thankful for this site! Glad to hear you're happy with your camera! Do you have a photo album somewhere that I could visit?
Jono Slack said:
I've certainly got more pleasure from my E-10 than ANY other camera
I've had. That isn't just because it's digital, it seems to have
everything which I want and will use, and nothing that I
don't/won't.

So - How are you getting on with yous?

kind regards
jono slack
http://www.slack.co.uk
Beth said:
Jono Slack said:
What I regret about my gadgetfreakery is that I have often got rid
of good cameras to finance buying something that wasn't good

kind regards
jono slack
Gourdfather said:
Brownie, 120 film
Instamatic (but a nice "adjustable" one :) 126 film
Disk Camera (yuk!!)
The little thinline instamatic 110 film
Pentax screw mount
Nikon F3
Nikkormat
Yashica TLR 120 film
Various P&S
Pentak LX 35mm
Bronica ETRS 645 120 film
4x5 view camera
Cannon Sure shot 35mm
Canon Elph APS (yuk!!)
Nikon Nixvue APS
Pentax ZM (just fot micrographic work , then with a macro lens)
Oly E-10

And that's IT for quite a while!!!

John
Beth said:
Beth wrote:

Someone's comment to me last night made me think this might be a
very interesting thread.

Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.

I played with an old Brownie box camera as a kid...first without
film, then WITH film. I still have many of the photographs.

I went through the usual instimatics as a teenager, but it was as a
young adult after meeting my husband who also had a photography
interest that I could afford to buy something more ambitious. I
started with an Rollei 35mm. I can't remember the model, but it was
at the time, the smallest 35mm camera made. It had no rangefinder,
but DID have a light meter and a very good lense. (I still have it.)

My husband and I came across a used Leica (M5) at a camera store we
frequented that was for sale. We paid $600.00 for a body, three
lenses and a leather case. (Still have it.) :-) Somehow we
recognized that it was worth sacrificing to buy. $600.00 was a LOT
for two educators to sink into a CAMERA in the early 70's. That was
before kids.

I also bought one of Olympus's early 35mm SLR's. Again, can't
remember the model #. I loved it! It was sleek and elegant...small
and not 'mucked up' with lots of dials and buttons. Gave that one
to a professional photographer step-daughter (see it truly DOES run
in the family!)

In the past few years, since the kids have grown and left home and
there's some disposable income once again, I've purchased
digital...Olympus all! I started with the D300-something (fixed
lense/point 'n shoot), then got the a D400Z. The latest was a
C3000Z which just died. Now I'm back to 35mm equivalent, I think
with the E-10. (I have a brother with a D30 which has caused me to
drool. I've licked my chops, swallowed my fear and the E-10 arrived
yesterday.)

Whew! It's been quite a journey, but WHAT FUN!
--
Olympus E-10 (A thrilled new owner 8/18/01)
Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/galleries/cokids
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Hi Beth
Glad things are improving - I've got loads (read too much) stuff available!

Try

http://www.slack.co.uk/oldpictures/stilllife/index.html
or
http://www.slack.co.uk/Cornwall/Newlyn1/index.html
or
http://www.slack.co.uk/Scilly2001/page06/index.html
or for black and white
http://www.slack.co.uk/BlackandWhite/One/index.html

but the whole of the site is just photographs!

as you can see, it's mostly pretty pictures, so your people shots are most refreshing and welcome

kind regards
jono slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

enjoy
Beth said:
Jono Slack said:
I've certainly got more pleasure from my E-10 than ANY other camera
I've had. That isn't just because it's digital, it seems to have
everything which I want and will use, and nothing that I
don't/won't.

So - How are you getting on with yous?

kind regards
jono slack
http://www.slack.co.uk
Beth said:
Jono Slack said:
What I regret about my gadgetfreakery is that I have often got rid
of good cameras to finance buying something that wasn't good

kind regards
jono slack
Gourdfather said:
Brownie, 120 film
Instamatic (but a nice "adjustable" one :) 126 film
Disk Camera (yuk!!)
The little thinline instamatic 110 film
Pentax screw mount
Nikon F3
Nikkormat
Yashica TLR 120 film
Various P&S
Pentak LX 35mm
Bronica ETRS 645 120 film
4x5 view camera
Cannon Sure shot 35mm
Canon Elph APS (yuk!!)
Nikon Nixvue APS
Pentax ZM (just fot micrographic work , then with a macro lens)
Oly E-10

And that's IT for quite a while!!!

John
Beth said:
Beth wrote:

Someone's comment to me last night made me think this might be a
very interesting thread.

Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.

I played with an old Brownie box camera as a kid...first without
film, then WITH film. I still have many of the photographs.

I went through the usual instimatics as a teenager, but it was as a
young adult after meeting my husband who also had a photography
interest that I could afford to buy something more ambitious. I
started with an Rollei 35mm. I can't remember the model, but it was
at the time, the smallest 35mm camera made. It had no rangefinder,
but DID have a light meter and a very good lense. (I still have it.)

My husband and I came across a used Leica (M5) at a camera store we
frequented that was for sale. We paid $600.00 for a body, three
lenses and a leather case. (Still have it.) :-) Somehow we
recognized that it was worth sacrificing to buy. $600.00 was a LOT
for two educators to sink into a CAMERA in the early 70's. That was
before kids.

I also bought one of Olympus's early 35mm SLR's. Again, can't
remember the model #. I loved it! It was sleek and elegant...small
and not 'mucked up' with lots of dials and buttons. Gave that one
to a professional photographer step-daughter (see it truly DOES run
in the family!)

In the past few years, since the kids have grown and left home and
there's some disposable income once again, I've purchased
digital...Olympus all! I started with the D300-something (fixed
lense/point 'n shoot), then got the a D400Z. The latest was a
C3000Z which just died. Now I'm back to 35mm equivalent, I think
with the E-10. (I have a brother with a D30 which has caused me to
drool. I've licked my chops, swallowed my fear and the E-10 arrived
yesterday.)

Whew! It's been quite a journey, but WHAT FUN!
--
Olympus E-10 (A thrilled new owner 8/18/01)
Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/galleries/cokids
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koo22,

You can call me "Jaso".

Jason Busch
"J-A-S-O, and Jason was his namo..."
 
Hmmm interesting thread.....:-) As far as i can tell I'm the only one here who was turmed onto photography by my grandmother. The old man was "Kodak illiterate" so was mum..... Anyway my old granny turned me on to the chemistry of the process. At the time I couldn't give a damn about photography, just the chemistry....:-) BUT. To play with the chemistry you need film and developers and fixers 'n stuff. For film you need some sort of camera...... So here we go, in the last 40 or so years I've had remarkably few cameras ALL of which I still have.

A Box Brownie. Great contact prints...

Ensign bellows 4x5 plate camera. Damn good and I still use it. (Schnieder lens) It's also got a shift and tilt front.

A Kodak starlight 127....rubbish...

A nikkormat FTN which I could never get along with.

A Oly OM-1 G R E A T camera. The first OM-1 that MIchaels here in Melbourne (Aust. sold) (got it serviced for the FIRST time last month. One too many outback trips and it had a LOT of red dust inside.)

An OM-2 ... even better.

A Mamiya 645 ho-hum....

A Leica M3 and a few lenses.... My second favourite after the OM-1.

A Rollei 35S 35mm Brilliant camera. Almost bomb proof, it's been my
bushwalking and cycle touring camera for the last 15 or so years.

An Oly C2020. At the risk of offending a few people...it's rubbish. A VERY expensive, limited p&s. Grrrrrrr. Expensive error in judgment...

And finally the E-10. I think that it's simply brilliant.

AND I refuse to take part in life without a darkroom. A laundry without the stink of fixer is, IMO, NOT a real laundry...:-)

Ooroo
Mark F...
 
Member said:
Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.
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Oh for the solitude of a darkroom! I think that had to be 'one' of the elements that attracted me to photography. Don't really know why, possibly the interaction you get with b&w, the ability to really play with the paper and light. I had little darkrooms set up in cuboards and in my folks bathroom when I was younger, which wasn't popular at the time if I remember rightly Bits from carboots and all sorts. Today a small room at the back of my house, which unfortunatly isn't used as much as it used to be.

I've used a pentax K1000 for almost as long as I can remember. It's given me some wonderful images. Managed to pick up a 28mm and 135mm lense along the way. Then digital came in. Earliest one I remember was a Kodak DC25. When I look at the shots now I cringe at the quality I accepted I did my degree in visual communication and started work in the graphic design industry a number of years ago, I've a good level of photoshop and origination skills. Something I plan on putting to great use in the future.

Over the last few years due to work, family and personal 'challenges' photography seems to have taken a serious back burner. Recently I dug out the old Pentax and boy-o-boy it feels good. Hopefully in a few days an E10 will be in my hands with a trip to China organised. The future... a lot brighter
 
Hi Hugo

go for it - you're going to love it - the E-10 is especially comfortable if you're used to using older SLR's - no peculiar modes, and everything pretty much relating back to what you already know about shutter speed and aperture. . . . . . . and then there's that wonderful depth of field increase.

Enjoy

kind regards
jono slack
http://www.slack.co.uk
Hugo said:
Hugo56950 said:
Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.
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Oh for the solitude of a darkroom! I think that had to be 'one' of
the elements that attracted me to photography. Don't really know
why, possibly the interaction you get with b&w, the ability to
really play with the paper and light. I had little darkrooms set up
in cuboards and in my folks bathroom when I was younger, which
wasn't popular at the time if I remember rightly Bits from
carboots and all sorts. Today a small room at the back of my house,
which unfortunatly isn't used as much as it used to be.
I've used a pentax K1000 for almost as long as I can remember. It's
given me some wonderful images. Managed to pick up a 28mm and 135mm
lense along the way. Then digital came in. Earliest one I remember
was a Kodak DC25. When I look at the shots now I cringe at the
quality I accepted I did my degree in visual communication and
started work in the graphic design industry a number of years ago,
I've a good level of photoshop and origination skills. Something I
plan on putting to great use in the future.
Over the last few years due to work, family and personal
'challenges' photography seems to have taken a serious back burner.
Recently I dug out the old Pentax and boy-o-boy it feels good.
Hopefully in a few days an E10 will be in my hands with a trip to
China organised. The future... a lot brighter
Click to expand...
 
Beth said:
Beth wrote:

Oh, koo22 you have it just right! I too am a gadget freak. Tell me
about your gadgets! Here are mine: HP 660LX (old now) handheld,
P-400 printer, laptop, desktops (PC & Mac), lazer printer, CD
burner, Zip, DVD....and probably others I 'm not thinking of right
now.

BIG SMILE! Yes, my female friends (and husband) think I am a bit
strange, but since my husband can barely screw in a lightbulb, we
make a good pair. It's a compensatory relationship...what can I say?
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Okay Koo and Beth, count me in as another gadget-freak . . . same age category too. Let's see, 39 isn't it?? I hadn't thought of it before, but I don't have any female friends with similar interests either. However, I have a lot of female friends who call me for technical advice . . . some male as well. This may be a bad sign. At any rate, I've got all the gadgets you mention, plus some (like cable modem, Palm M500, carbon tripod, Linksys wireless Network, etc.). . . but then remembering them all is sometimes a stretch, at 39!

Laurie
 
I started as a photographers assistant at 16 and learned on a 4x5 Speed Graffic, 2 pics per film holder, carring around 50 loaded holders and strobe, lots of heavy lifting. I went on my own with a Minolta SRT 101, 5 lens, and found I need a motor drive(Minolta had not made one yet) to do fashion and action shots in Manhattan. I bought 2 Nikon FTN's MD's and 6 lens. Progress required a larger format. A Hasselblad with 3 lens and all the backs , grips etc..( the Nikons & Hasselblad still not as heavy as the 4x5). I had rented and borrowed all the top cameras, Lecia, Rolli, Cannon, etc..I stayed with my orignal choices. I wanted to motion pictures so I bought a Bolex 16mm with 2 lens. When I did my own productions I rented all the equiptment from Camers Mart, 35mm Ariflexs, Nagra sound recorders, dollys, lights full producton set ups, Movieola editors etc...( in NY you can rent any thing including the actors).

The still camerars are the same and I got hooked on Digital 2 years ago , with the Sony FD-83, then the Sony FD-95, and then finally the E-10, I have worked with a lot of the best photo equiptment for 25 years and the E-10 is top shelf (for the price range it is in). Well that was a quick 30 years.

The best always,

JP Photography
Jono Slack said:
Enjoy

kind regards
jono slack
http://www.slack.co.uk
Hugo said:
Jono Slack29833 said:
Let me start it off. First of all, I think that my photography
'bug' started with a Dad who had his own darkroom (in an old pantry
off the kitchen), used a Nikon SLR, a Hasselblad with all the
lenses and backs, and others I'm not thinking of. So, photography
was a subject of discussion at our kitchen table. That laid the
foundation.
Click to expand...
Oh for the solitude of a darkroom! I think that had to be 'one' of
the elements that attracted me to photography. Don't really know
why, possibly the interaction you get with b&w, the ability to
really play with the paper and light. I had little darkrooms set up
in cuboards and in my folks bathroom when I was younger, which
wasn't popular at the time if I remember rightly Bits from
carboots and all sorts. Today a small room at the back of my house,
which unfortunatly isn't used as much as it used to be.
I've used a pentax K1000 for almost as long as I can remember. It's
given me some wonderful images. Managed to pick up a 28mm and 135mm
lense along the way. Then digital came in. Earliest one I remember
was a Kodak DC25. When I look at the shots now I cringe at the
quality I accepted I did my degree in visual communication and
started work in the graphic design industry a number of years ago,
I've a good level of photoshop and origination skills. Something I
plan on putting to great use in the future.
Over the last few years due to work, family and personal
'challenges' photography seems to have taken a serious back burner.
Recently I dug out the old Pentax and boy-o-boy it feels good.
Hopefully in a few days an E10 will be in my hands with a trip to
China organised. The future... a lot brighter
Click to expand...
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...,that one of those cameras I grew through was a Kodak Colorburst Instand Camera!..

I started with a Kodak Instamatic, then got the Colorburst, then my first "REAL" camera...a Canon AE-1 Program, followed by a Canon A-1 and my most recent film camera, an 18-month old Canon EOS A2. I bought another instant camera - a Polaroid - in there as well for work.

I also have an old Canon/Bell& Howell 35mm and a Brownie Hawkeye - both I got when my mom died.
 
Sorry, I forgot to mention I had about 12 Polariods, I would by 1 ervey 2 years to see if they improved and then throw them out waiting for the next improved model. Never owned any others cameras.

The best always,

JP Photography
Stew said:
...,that one of those cameras I grew through was a Kodak Colorburst
Instand Camera!..

I started with a Kodak Instamatic, then got the Colorburst, then my
first "REAL" camera...a Canon AE-1 Program, followed by a Canon A-1
and my most recent film camera, an 18-month old Canon EOS A2. I
bought another instant camera - a Polaroid - in there as well for
work.
I also have an old Canon/Bell& Howell 35mm and a Brownie Hawkeye -
both I got when my mom died.
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