turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

I am working on second Retirement as an Elevator service manager that gets in the way of my Photography. I am pushing 61. I started shooting with an old range finder in 66 (still have it) I own over 150 film cameras from small vest camera to a 1800s 12"x18" view camera. I still shoot medium and large format and still have my wet dark room with 4 enlargers and a Digital dark room. I use PS5 and Lightroom 3, Nikon D300S D70S, SB800, SB600. Many tripods studio lighting tons of lenses I love learing from all. You can never know enough and sometimes I need the kick from a newbie to rekindle that excitment. I shoot 4 to 5 weddings a year. If I don't have any thing to shoot I shoot whats in front of my camera

condor

Turp77 You've definitely got me beat I only have about 8 film cameras and an old enlarger and haven't been in a darkroom in a coons age. I've only shot digital for the last few years but a Mamia 645 and a c3-- are still on my want list.

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

Condor Doesn't matter how many cameras you have can only shoot one at a time you have a great wish list. The Mamiya 645 is a great little camera. When I got my first Mamiya m645 I thought it was huge and heavy until I got my Mamiya RB67 with the normal lens (the 90mm) and 120 film back it weighs in at 6 pounds!! you don't do a lot of hand helds with it (LOL) but the quality that both gives is outstanding. I to have the TLR C330 on my wish list. Medium format B&W is a cheep and wondreful experence. Do you scan your negs in? I normaly do. One time my 4x5 enlarger went down and I needed to print and my scanner only went to 6mmX9mm so I layed the 4x5 neg on my light table with a glass on top of the neg, tripod mounted my digital camera framed it in and shot the neg then opened it up in Photoshop and inverted it to a positive and wow it came out great with a few adjustments. I like clooecting cameras they are cheep to buy and most can be repaired at home and film is still out there. I have a site that still sells 620 the old 127 and a lot of other hard to find film.

condor

Almost everything I own is still in storage. When you move to the vets home you have to share a 14 X 14 room, hence the storage.

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

What branch of service were you in and what time frame. I was Navy 23 years all in Submarines Retired 20 years ago as an E-9. Its great to chat with a fellow Vet. Thank you for your service. My EMAIL is turp77@hotmail.com

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Hey another Vet....welcome to the UH Turp. WOW thats alot of gear ya got.

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

Thanks I don't feel I have enough, but my camera room and Wife does LOL.

condor

Hi, I was in the Navy also, stationed aboard the USS Ajax AR6 (heavy hull repair) in Sasebo, Japan. I was an optical instrument repairman, looking back I should have been a sonar man). Got out in 1964.

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

When ever we tied up next to a skimmer I went up to see the Instrument repair. I worked with clocks and watches before the navy and enjoyed talking to the clock repair guys. Did you repair cameras on board? I wished I would have served a term on a surface craft. I loved the ocean but never got to see it except once in awhile got to look out the scope.LOL

condor

Unfortunately we never worked on cameras, just binoculars, telescopes, gunsites, etc. The watch repair shop was in the same division just about 15 feet from my shop, too bad I didn't have him teach me watch repair. I loved being out to sea also, my shop was on the back of the boat deck and when we were on a cruise I used to take a chair out behind the shop and sit and watch the wake when ever I could.