[Leica] First Camera

[charcot at comcast.net (charcot)]

Great story - I just got my Automat out and shot a roll with it - 
developed it myself and scanned on a flatbed ( not ideal but it's what I 
have) - the bokeh off the lens was great . Shot mostly at f/3.5 and I'm 
just  getting ready to print some of them.  I need to shoot it more often. 

ernie
Jim Shulman wrote:
> My first camera was an Instamatic 44, which took barely acceptable 
> pictures.
> I remember that the flash cubes often wouldn't work, because I'd either
> forgotten to insert batteries, or because the batteries I'd inserted months
> before had turned to mush.
>
> My first real camera was my dad's old Rolleiflex Automat (1950), with a 
> huge
> bayonet-mount flashbulb attachment.  I remember learning about guide 
> numbers
> and blue #25 bulbs.
>
> I first used the flash during a trip to the Central Park Zoo.  After
> calculating the distance from the elephant cage to the elephant, I set the
> lens, focused, and snapped the picture.  The blue blub exploded
> triumphantly.  However, the poor elephant reared on its hind legs, and
> sneezed all over me.
>
> Ever since, I've been a devotee of available light shooting.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Wynnewood, PA
>
>
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