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Aug 30, 2017 11:57:07 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
I'm a retired lawyer who has been a photographer for a LONG time. My first "real" camera was a Kodak Retina II in which I used the then-high-speed Kodachrome 25 (it had been ASA 8 or 10) - it had knob wind, manual rangefinder focusing, a manually cocked Compur shutter and you-guess-and-set-it exposure, but I still got lots of great slides from summer camp in Colorado in the late '50s with that exquisite Kodak Ektar f/2.0 lens. Since then I've been through most of the film camera formats and camera sizes from Minox to Leica and Nikon to Rolleiflex and Hasselblad to a 4x5 Crown Graphic, with 45+ years of black and white darkroom work. My current best camera is a Nikon D600 with a stable of f/2.8 zooms from 14 to 200mm and some fast primes, but I mostly use the 28-85 f/3.5-4.5 as a walkin' around lens. Before I went full frame digital (to get the full wide angle benefit of my expensive film-era zooms) I used (and still have) a D7000. But I've just discovered the quality and convenience of a mirrorless Micro 4/3 Lumix, and expect to spend a fair bit of time using it for daily photo chores.
I got here by clicking on one of those links that offered to tell me "The One Setting That's Ruining All Your Pictures" or some such - just to see what somebody thought that setting might be. Still haven't found it, but the rest of the forum looks pretty interesting, so I think I'll stick around for a while.
I got here by clicking on one of those links that offered to tell me "The One Setting That's Ruining All Your Pictures" or some such - just to see what somebody thought that setting might be. Still haven't found it, but the rest of the forum looks pretty interesting, so I think I'll stick around for a while.
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Aug 30, 2017 17:39:16 #
wrangler5 wrote:
I'm a retired lawyer who has been a photographer f... (show quote)
Welcome to the herd! We don't allow any legal mumbo jumbo on here as most of us are confused enough already. After you read some posts for awhile you will better appreciate my seemingly uncouth statement.
All in all its a great forum with some great folks ready to discuss all aspects of photography and help any way they can. 
Post some shots when you feel like it.Aug 30, 2017 19:21:30 #
Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you with us. Whatever that setting is, I use it a lot...
Aug 30, 2017 20:31:49 #
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!
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