PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Good for you. Keep at it.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Thanks.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Thanks for the thumbs up. Have a great day.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Thanks - some people say that I have outlived my usefulness.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Thanks for any interesting and informative comment. It is nice to have a lifelong interest in something positive and productive.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Thanks for your comment, and YES, the human mind is an amazing thing. It will never be equaled by any manmade device.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Thanks for your kind comments. I am glad this thread has given you some pleasure.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Thanks for your comments. A gift of a camera always causes a rush of excitement to a child, especially girls. Boys tend to want a baseball glove or a basketball. A couple of years ago, I gave a little ten year old girl a small point and shoot digital camera. It is her constant companion and she has produced some excellent photos.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

You are so right. Way back then, we though a camera was a magical instrument. My first roll of film was not sensitive to red and was rated at Weston 12, equivalent to ISO 16 today. Now some digital cameras boast a sensitivity in the many thousands.

PhotoMan1929 Loc: Virginia, USA

Hey, enjoy the beer. Have another.

JustMePB Loc: Currently Indian Trail, NC.

I remember my first camera given to me by my German cousin ('57-61). Wish I still had it but as lost during the many moves our family made (military family). What I can remember of it is that it was square with a few dials, etc. For some reason Agfa comes to mind but just can't be sure. My second as a Lynx 35mm I purchased from the PX in Viet Nam. Gave that to my sister when I got my third. My third was a Minolta SRT 101 and the fourth was a SRT 202. I still have the Minolta's w/lenses, etc in a Pentax padded suitcase. My fifth was a Nikon D70 which was replaced by 2 Nikon D80's. And lastly A Nikon D7100 was added a few months ago.

But back to you..... Congratulations on your memories..... may you have many more!

13oct1931 Loc: Lebanon, Indiana

Congratulations !!! I will soon pass 84 years, so I have beet shooting pix for a long time--but not as long as you. :lol: :lol: :lol: Alyn

Papacliff Loc: West Lafayette, Indiana

Wonderful!!! Congratulations, hope you have many more clicks in your shutter count.
Your note stirs a lot of memories, including the potent smell of a hot flashbulb and the need for speed in removing those hot bulbs when they hung up.

Thanks for starting this thread.

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

What a beautiful story thanks for sharing

David Morrison

[quote=PhotoMan1929]Although it hardly matters to anyone but me, in a few days it will be eighty years since I snapped my first picture. Eighty years since I entered the wonderful world of photography.

It was the last Sunday in August. The year was 1935. I was six and a half years old. An older cousin had given me a little ninety-eight cent Kodak Baby Brownie camera and I was anxious to try it out. The day was bright and sunny. I posed my mother and her brother, my Uncle Jack, in front of a large fountain in a park. I have no memory of what was on the rest of that roll, but the image of my mother and Uncle Jack in front of the fountain is forever etched in my mind, although the print and the negative are long gone.
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PhotoMan, thanks for sharing this, and I find it a very heart warming story.On one level, photography is a simple but rewarding persuit, but can become as involved as we care to make it.My father shot B&W negatives and developed them onto glass plates - about 5'' by 5''.He then projected them though a large ancient looking brass projector onto a screen.I have one of myself and by brother aged approx. 1.5 years--I am in a pram andlook like I am king of the world with my first set of wheels!!
Ok, congratulations and keep enjoying it!!-( David,New Zealand).