Glad to be here. I started out with a Kodak 126 Instamatic when I was around 8 back in 1962. A year before that I had my picture taken by a nice gentleman at a farm sale, just down the road from where I grew up... it was a Polaroid. He gave me the picture and I still have that B&W somewhere.
When I was in High School, a friend of mine sold me a camera he brought back from Viet Nam which was a Richo 126 Flex, a single lens reflex. I shot a lot of pictures on it until it died. Unusual square format, but was not bad for viewing either in slide or prints, mostly scrapbook and memory photos.
Over the years I've used a lot of different cameras, from Kodak EK-4, Zeiss Ikon (6x9), Mamiya C330, various speed and crown Graphics, a Graphic View II that I still have, Russian 6x6 slr, Pentax, Nikons, Rolliflex, Koni-Omea, and so on.
Right now I have 3 Bronica SQ-Ai camera bodies and 2 lenses, and 2 finders, so one is just a spare body. Funny thing is I won an eBay auction for the one body at $27.00 and was interested in the viewing screen. It looked nice, but the camera was listed as inoperative. Well, it's far from inoperative and works better than the other 2 bodies. There is not a thing wrong with the body in working, so that was a good deal.
I also have Polaroid 320 and 450 Pro pack film camera, and amazed as to what Fuji does with their peel apart films. A Spectra and 2 Minolta Instant Pro cameras that use the newer Impossible Project films. Also 2 Fujifilm Instax wide cameras, a 500AF and a newer 300. They do a remarkable job in instant for their colors and definitions. Too bad Fuji is discontinuing their FP-100c film as it was truly a great instant film. Nice that I could not worry about the length of time I needed before peeling, as LONG as it was more than 2 minutes.
Anyway, this is me. Winemaker, photographer, and interested in a lot of other things, but for here, it is photography.
Sisters Daughters Amanda and Samantha. Shot with a Graphic View II with 210mm Schneider Symmar-S lens on Polaroid 55 PN instant film.
