Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My first real camera was a Canon AE1 Program. Before that, I used to take pictures of my friends and me jumping on the trampoline, shooting basketball, and riding our CT 70 Honda Trail bikes. In fact, I also have some early 70's polaroid shots of the bikes. Now, I have a M6 and a D70. The M6 doesn't get much use any more. Robert Clark Lancaster, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] first camera. > Dad bought me a Canonet 28 sometime in the late 70's when I > was 12 or 13. Loved that camera. Dropped it, bent the lens and > focusing got stiff. I was afraid to tell anyone :-) Don't really know > what happened to that camera, which is too bad. > > Didn't have a "real" camera again until my ex wife's father bequeathed > some older manual Canon and 50mm lens on us in our early 20's. > > Scott > > George Lottermoser wrote: > >>>I think it was $1.25 an hour...... maybe $1.35! Summer kid help >>>prices.... >>>And stealing film was not approved of... I spent most of my money on >>> >>my >> >>>Miranda SLR. Remember them? >>> >> >>At 14 years old, I was earning a $1.25/hr sweeping floors at a >>commercial photo studio. Bought my first camera "brand new;" a Mamiya >>C3. What a thrill! >> >>Fond regards, >>G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist >>---------------------------------------------------------- >>Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways >> since 1969 >>---------------------------------------------------------- >>web <www.imagist.com> >>email george@imagist.com >>voice 262-241-9375 >>address 10050 N Port Washington Road >> Mequon, WI 53092 >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >