On July 17, 1968, I arrived in Atsugi, Japan, on my way to DaNang, RVN. I’d done a lot of research, so I went immediately to the NX and handed over $121.00 for a Nikkormat ftn. I shot with that until 1987, when I switched to a N8008. From there I’ve moved to an N90, a D1, a D200, a D300, and a D800e. I don’t have any plan to move away from the D800e as my primary camera; there isn’t a thing I want to do that I can’t do with it.

One other note, in December of 2012, my youngest son told me he wanted to start shooting seriously. I told him I had a D300 in good shape that I’d give to him. He said, “No, I want to start like you did. I want a Nikkormat.” I said “Fine, don’t do anything.” I went to eBay, found a good Nikkormat, and had it sent to him. About a week later, before he could see a single image from the camera, he passed away. Our last conversation, two nights before his passing, we talked only of photography and his camera.