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[Clay]

Ah , target shooting. Been a competitive shooter  
with handgun and rifle for 45 years.Same set of  
inputs as in photography: Breath control, sight  
{viewfinder) control, trigger (shutter) squeeze,
call your shots, stance (hold them s

[Tom_cheshire]

My entry into photography was a hand-me-down camera after the family camera had been upgraded. I took photos once or twice with it but hadn't a clue what I was doing.  Thankfully, the camera was box camera simple.  
 
When time marched on a bit

[Marty]

Tome Cheshire was saying
Sorry, no guns, no motorcycles, no hounds, no wallabies, no sport cars, no military service, and never shot into orbit in my bio. :-)
 
Well, this forum is mainly populated by guys, so every once in a whi

[Tom_cheshire]

Ha, ha, ok, Marty, I spoke too fast.  I wear Wallabies (suede desert boots) and for the large, dangerous and fast category I was into amateur rocketry (hence the never shot into orbit quip).  
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[Edward8]

Hello all. Apologies for not responding to your responses. Been out doing necessary stuff to earn a quid. Archival. Jeez, I hate digital, especially the post processing.  
 
Enjoy the tales ... keep em coming! I'm sort of looking forward to my d

[Marty]

Welcome back off the road, Edward8.  I mentioned earlier in the thread that I'd been picking up more old darkroom stuff...  Just recently I scored a Model E Kodak Developing Machine, circa 1902-5.  Not too much competition in buying old darkroom stu

[Dragunov]

speaking of old geezers and old cameras, I recently got a 1962 Leica M2. that's thirty years older than I am.
 
oh, and it wasn't cheap: $360, and it was a real beater. and I had to replace a curtain, too. and then another $100 for an Ind

[Edward8]

Marty:
 
 You mentioned earlier about blowing things up and consuming beverages of an intocicationg, hic, nature. Another chappie here mentioned shooting with a TLR and the methodology required to avoid blurry photos. Put together, these dispar

[Edward8]

Marty:
 
 You mentioned earlier about blowing things up and consuming beverages of an intocicationg, hic, nature. Another chappie here mentioned shooting with a TLR and the methodology required to avoid blurry photos. Put together, these dispar

[Edward8]

Er, oops. Didn't mean to post my prattling twice. Seems an F3 motor drive somehow attached itself to my finger, resulting in an unfortunate burst. Anyway, that's my story ...
 
Any one know how to delete? Cheers.

[Markd]

This is a great thread!  
I'm a new member and can't help but add a comment to this glorious thread.
I'm 44 and started collecting cameras after borrowing a beat up AE-1 from my brother in the mid-90's.   I lost count of my collection but I

[Msiegel]

HI,
 
great story - and even a much greater idea getting your co-worker that camera!
I fear that for me times are gone when I got distracted enough by two young ladies to forget an old camera in a train ;-)
 
rgds
Martin

[Edward8]

Markd. All greetings.
 
A good tale you tell. Glad you enjoy this thread of old geezers postulating of things past, opportunities missed in the dim, dark ... (Oh, jeez, we're not THAT old ...)
 
There is a popular misconception that la

[Jayd]

Welcome Edward  
I to learned Photography in media as a publicity shot guy for TV stations and multimedia producers.
In those days there was no such thing as photo shop and post editing of video to speak of.So it did not matter if B&W or color pr

[Edward8]

Hello Jay
 
Yep, getting it right the first time should be drilled into every young aspiring photographer!
 
BTW, the Nikormat - or Nikkormat here in Australia - is a fine camera. Fond memories here of that beast.
 
You're right - the