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Old 5th November 2008, 09:30 PM
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Hi to all ... Stoo just passed me this address and it's great to see some familiar faces all in one place.

I don't usually write lengthy introductions on forums, but I thought I'd add a bit about my photographic journeys over the years ... I started out with a 35mm Kowa with two auxiliary lenses back around 1970. It was an expensive dud and I don't think any shots survive from then. I picked up, borrowed, or stole several Kodak Instamatics through the seventies until my first wife showed up with her own Pentax SP1000. When I later had to buy a camera for myself it was naturally enough another Pentax. That lasted many years, but eventually the MV got traded in for a P30T and an MES. Things got serious while I was in the Middle East and the pair of them clapped out almost simultaneously. I picked up a Pentax MZ-5 ... notice a theme here?

Exactly, all I knew was 35mm. However, that changed in 2001 when I moved to Singapore and ran into a friendly second-hand dealer. I bought a 1928 Voigtlander Vag 6.5x9 with a Skopar lens, rigged up a 6x7 film holder from an RB67, and started dev'ing my own. Some thirty or forty trades later (including time spent inside many a Compur and Prontor) I'm still using the Vag, but now have far too many old cams to choose from, both sheet and 120.

Currently loaded on the kitchen table, there's a 1954 Mamiya 6, and a Rolleiflex T, and a Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim. And a 1900 whole plate camera sitting in the studio waiting for the next project ...
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Old 5th November 2008, 09:35 PM
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Glad you made it here Sandeha, I look forward to your posts. Welcome.
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Old 5th November 2008, 09:42 PM
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Welcome Sandeha, I'm glad you found us. When you have time why not open yourself an Album here.
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Old 5th November 2008, 09:56 PM
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Welcome Sandeha I'm also glad you found this little island in paradise
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Old 5th November 2008, 10:20 PM
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Great Intro Sandeha, Welcome.

One thing that I find sad, not the fact that your first marriage ended, but the fact that she probably took the Pentax SP1000 with her. I feel your pain

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Old 5th November 2008, 11:18 PM
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Welcome aboard Sandeha. An oasis of calm... (with any luck )
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Nice to see you here, I love sites where everyone knows more than me. It's like delving into a store of reliable knowledge. A scarce commodity these days.I had an instamatic in the 1970s. Brings back memories of my 20's. It's amazing how easily pleased I(we all?) was/were then. Mind you even at 6x4, prints were expensive and my horizons never extended beyond that for about 25 years.

This is developing into a great site which needs very little fixing and no stopping. Anyone like to see any more lousy 1950s "ad" lines? Thought not so I'll shut up now

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Old 6th November 2008, 08:36 AM
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Thanks for the welcome.

Stoo, it wasn't so bad - worse was to come. My second wife had no interest in photography at all.
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Hi to all ... Stoo just passed me this address and it's great to see some familiar faces all in one place.....................

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Hi Sandeha and welcome from west Cornwall. I look forward to hearing more about your cameras and mariages

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