What Was Your First Camera and When
Dec 9, 2011 11:15:24 #
I used mom and dads cameras but the first I bought was mid 60's a Ricoh Super 44 that I purchased used. Still have the camera and the Vivitar flash I purchased for it. Pictures I took are somewhere around here in the many boxes of photos and negs I have. Isn't digital wonderful?
Dec 9, 2011 11:29:54 #
sbdrivr
Loc: San Pedro, CA
You might want to check out www.scancafe.com for slide scanning. At 29 cents a scan they are hard to beat and the quality was excellent. Price included color correction and removal of dust.....and you can decline 20% of the scans in not satisfied.
Dec 9, 2011 12:18:38 #
sbdrivr wrote:
You might want to check out www.scancafe.com for slide scanning. At 29 cents a scan they are hard to beat and the quality was excellent. Price included color correction and removal of dust.....and you can decline 20% of the scans in not satisfied.
I don't mean to be negative (no pun intended) about scanning services, but by using a scanning service at $29 per hundred, a $200 scanner would be more than paid for after 700 slides are scanned and then you still have the scanner as a nice present to yourself. I bought the HP Scanjet 4050 for less than $200 and it processes 16 slides per scan and divides them into separate files. I am very happy with it. I do not work for HP...., but I do have about 4-5,000 slides and negs from my days as a drag racing photog in the late 60's and 70's. Now that I am retired, I will have time to convert them all to digital and catalog them. Phew! It makes me tired just thinking about it.
Dec 9, 2011 12:50:16 #
I agree about scanners. I have had great results with a Canoscan 4400 that cost only $85. Software allows great restoration and control, or just an auto mode. It can also rescue photos that are faded to a point with shades of red-orange. This 3x3 inch photo.
Dec 9, 2011 12:50:58 #
sbdrivr
Loc: San Pedro, CA
I have to agree that buying your own scanner for large volumes makes sense. I also have a Nikon Coolscan for 35mm slides. Scancafe is just one of many good labs if you only have a small quantity, or don't have the time to process that many images.
Dec 9, 2011 13:01:07 #
rayford2
Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
rivernan wrote:
I had a kodak instamatic too. I know I earned it and my memory tells me it was from collecting Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum comics/wrappers.
That's a lot of bubbles. 3 pencils with your name printed on them cost 125 wrappers, or 25c and 5 wrappers. I doubt if my entire neighborhood chewed that much in a year to get an Instamatic.....just pulling your chain
:mrgreen:
Dec 9, 2011 16:40:58 #
hamtrack wrote:
My Mother had a Kodak Box camera, but taking photo... (show quote)
This is a very good image from any box camera.
Dec 9, 2011 19:40:24 #
After reading messages from this excellent forum for many months,I came across this discussion of old cameras and I couldn't resist registering . My first camera was a Kodak Bantam that fit nicely in a pocket of my blue jeans while I was on deck of my carrier on the Pacific Ocean-- year was 1946- when a plane crashed into the ocean or something happened on the flight deck, that little Bantam was easy to fish out and take a picture. There was nothing to adjust- similar to today's "Point and shoot". I have no idea what the shutter speed was or what the lense aperture was !!! I remember I made sure when I took a picture of a plane landing to keep a 45 deg angle so it would not blur.I still have some of the pictures and I'm in the process of scanning and digitizing them.
Dec 9, 2011 20:45:02 #
billcoh wrote:
After reading messages from this excellent forum f... (show quote)
It would be nice to see your photos.
Dec 9, 2011 21:18:36 #
billcoh wrote:
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Please post them when you get them ready. I was an airdale
(ADJ2) in the late 50's early 60's. Never got on a ship though. Spent 31/2 out of the four years at Pensacola. It was great duty but I regret never having got on a carrier.
Dec 9, 2011 21:36:13 #
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I was an airdale
(ADJ2) in the late 50's early 60's. Never got on a ship though. Spent 31/2 out of the four years at Pensacola. It was great duty but I regret never having got on a carrier.
(ADJ2) in the late 50's early 60's. Never got on a ship though. Spent 31/2 out of the four years at Pensacola. It was great duty but I regret never having got on a carrier.
I was also an airdale photographer. I was in on a kiddy cruise and spent two out of 3 years in Washington, DC. Not only was I never on a ship, I never even wanted to SEE a ship!
Dec 9, 2011 21:39:53 #
jackinkc wrote:
I was also an airdale photographer. I was in on a kiddy cruise and spent two out of 3 years in Washington, DC. Not only was I never on a ship, I never even wanted to SEE a ship!
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I was an airdale
(ADJ2) in the late 50's early 60's. Never got on a ship though. Spent 31/2 out of the four years at Pensacola. It was great duty but I regret never having got on a carrier.
(ADJ2) in the late 50's early 60's. Never got on a ship though. Spent 31/2 out of the four years at Pensacola. It was great duty but I regret never having got on a carrier.
I was also an airdale photographer. I was in on a kiddy cruise and spent two out of 3 years in Washington, DC. Not only was I never on a ship, I never even wanted to SEE a ship!
The photography school was at Pensacola when I was there. Did you happen to go there?
Dec 10, 2011 00:00:36 #
dragonfist wrote:
quote=jackinkc quote I was an airdale br (ADJ2) ... (show quote)
I did go through Pensacola photography A school. I was a Kansas kid and I have to say that the two best seasons I had ever experienced were my first summer in San Diego and that winter in Pensacola. I was in the Navy from May, 54 to Jul, '57. Came out of the service a PO second class.
Dec 10, 2011 00:32:29 #
I went to the AF Photo school when it was in Denver. I had always heard the Navy's school was better.
Dec 10, 2011 00:35:21 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I went to the AF Photo school when it was in Denver. I had always heard the Navy's school was better.
I liked the Navy photo school. I don't know anything about the AF system, but I do recall that several Air Force me attended Navy camera repair and movie schools.
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