Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, my. Mine was the Brownie Starmite, and I was five, too. I still have the pictures I took at the '65 World's Fair with it (but not the negatives). But then I played "spy" with it, and hid it under a tree in the back yard, and my Dad found it outside after the rain, and I had to wait another five years to get an instamatic! But enough nostalgia. If I want to shoot old MF cameras, I'd rather use my Autocord or Ikonta! Max ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <jgp@gilplant.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] First digital camera for my son? > It depends on the kid. This thread got me looking on eB*y for a nostalgic > replacement for my first camera, a Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash. My pop > bought it for me to keep me away from his Robot and his IIIf. I learned > how to load it myself, and I'll never forget the thrill of getting back > the prints (from 127 Verichrome Pan) from the drugstore. I was only just > five. Unfortunately the camera didn't satisfy my curiosity about focus, > aperture and shutter speed, so my future held many mishaps with the > Leicas, first his, now mine ;) > > Gilbert > > On Dec 6, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Max Weisenfeld wrote: > >> Age between seven and ten is better for a "real" camera, when leaving it >> in the sandbox or using it to crush Lego bag-guys is a little less likely >> (these are real examples of creative photography from my house). > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information