I am glad to be above ground. After a severe motorcycle accident 9 years ago resulted in a broken back, a lacerated liver and traumatic brain injury I have reevaluated my priorities. Glad to be here and thankful for my wife. We both get to enjoy photography and are active in our local camera club. I’ve got all the gear I need until the next best thing comes along😎
PatM
Loc: Rocky Mount Mo.
I am happy to have a quality canon EOS 80D. I am also happy to have a Black Rapid Sling. It saves my neck and shoulders. I’m happy I will soon have more time with my wife as she retires in December. Together we will become more learned on photography With this beautiful machine that we have had several years now and yet to spend a lot of time with. I’m happy for this forum that I plan on visiting more often. I’m glad I’m still alive and have the opportunity to be with my people and of course you dear folks. Have a great weekend
kcooke wrote:
I am glad to be above ground. After a severe motorcycle accident 9 years ago resulted in a broken back, a lacerated liver and traumatic brain injury I have reevaluated my priorities. Glad to be here and thankful for my wife. We both get to enjoy photography and are active in our local camera club. I’ve got all the gear I need until the next best thing comes along😎
You are very blessed. Best wishes. Ron
wide2tele wrote:
I'm currently sorting through my photography related items. I'm coming across little things I'm happy I purchased/own.
Below is an example. Camera Wise was a collectible book series. From memory I think you purchased an issue a week. Took a long time to buy them all and I did manage to not miss a single issue. It's old, dates back to film days but just flicking through it there is masses of content. Kinda happy I collected it and still have it.
Any little bits of photography related items that you are really happy you have for whatever reason?
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Happy to be alive a 76 such that I can photograph what and when I want.
wide2tele wrote:
I'm currently sorting through my photography related items. I'm coming across little things I'm happy I purchased/own.
Below is an example. Camera Wise was a collectible book series. From memory I think you purchased an issue a week. Took a long time to buy them all and I did manage to not miss a single issue. It's old, dates back to film days but just flicking through it there is masses of content. Kinda happy I collected it and still have it.
Any little bits of photography related items that you are really happy you have for whatever reason?
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I have my wife, I have my children, I have my health and I have Jesus Christ in my life. All that matters.
[quote=Curmudgeon]
"Blood pressure medications that keep me alive."
In my mid 30s I started feeling unwell - turned out my BP was somewhere around 200 over 100. Started with dyazide, ended up with verapamil; I'm now 90, been living with it a long time, a woman Dr. in Albany NY put me on verapamil after everything else that I was taking stopped working; definitely saved my life! I doubt that she'll see this but I hope she does, I think of her often. Harry PS Hope she's still alive and saving lives!
IIRC, her name was Smith.
I have a Minolta compact bellows and several Minolta lenses that I use for macro images. These are from the film days and work well with a Fotodiox adapter for my Canon camera.
To have traveled life’s journey for so long with an incredible women.
To have traveled so far on life’s journey with an incredible woman is truly a Blessing.
wide2tele wrote:
I'm currently sorting through my photography related items. I'm coming across little things I'm happy I purchased/own.
Below is an example. Camera Wise was a collectible book series. From memory I think you purchased an issue a week. Took a long time to buy them all and I did manage to not miss a single issue. It's old, dates back to film days but just flicking through it there is masses of content. Kinda happy I collected it and still have it.
Any little bits of photography related items that you are really happy you have for whatever reason?
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Since I have neither health nor wealth I must say that my wife has been a comfort over these many, many long years.
I have three old cameras that I cherish. They are a 4x5 Graflex that belonged to my grandfather, a folding 110 Kodak that my father (and after he died, my mother) used, and an Argus C-3 that I carried with me during my time in the army. I have used all three of them, but now they are simply a connection to my past.
I've a Luna Pro SBC... I remember practically lusting after one when I was photo editor for my HS 1978 yearbook. I finally picked one up years later and it's simply wonderful!
JBuckley wrote:
Nostalgia over takes me, whenever I try to go thru my (old 50 year old) slides. I seem to get hung up on (the memories) and can't accomplish the task that I set out to do.
As the slides get older and the chemicals start to (kill the images), it's important to put them to digital formats.
I'm so behind.......(it costs a lot to have commercial transfers).
I'll have to find a more modern technique (or machine) to get over 1000 photos redone.
(My kids think I'm crazy). That's probably true. Purchasing new (illuminations) bulbs for projectors
can be more costly than the original machine cost me.
Buying new projectors is crazy. (They call my Kodak Carousal and my Bell and Howell projetors, antiques.
No respect.
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I still have one Kodak Carousel with very special slides from my year in Germany with my first husband. Both sets of parents came to visit and we traveled all over Europe. Some have been digitized and some have been made into pictures for a scrapbook. All of them have passed away, so I am grateful to have these memories. I no longer have a projector, so I bought a slide viewer. I also have some movies from that trip since both dads were into photography at the time.
Other than my precious pictures, I am grateful I’ve always had a camera to capture great memories!!! I probably have too much equipment now; but I’m not willing to let any of it go, just yet!! Some things I sold and regretted and then bought it again...like the Sony a6000. Great camera that took outstanding photos in Ireland 5 years ago.
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