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I was infected by my dad with the photographyvirus.
He shot Hassy and had his own darkroom.
I still remember how magical it was to me as a little boy to see the photo slowly appear on paper.
Quality time with my dad and lovely memories.
At the age of 12 I got a full manual Yashica Matt for my birthday together with a Seconic simple lightingmeter (still have it) and a pack of 100ASA B&W film.
I learned how to use it and how to develop in the darkroom.
My next birthday I got all kinds of things for the Matt like colourfilters a remote a tripod and the like.
Looking back I can only say dad did a thorough job educating me.
I used this system till I was 20yr, saving and working in the weekends and saving for my dreamcamera a Nikon F2AS with winder.
At the same age I had to join the military. (obligatory those days) but I volunteered for a longterm service to become an officer.
After less than a year I was transferred to a special division for intel and communications and was trained to become a combatphotog.
I can still feel the weight of my backpack . 2 bodies with md, a 600mm, a 300mm, film and a FAL with support and ammo.
Well Nikon was the brand of choice in the military so I used Nikon throughout my entire professional life.
In all those years I never had a camera fail from other than heavy abuse or a film jamup so it was a nobrainer to me to buy Nikon for my civilian life.
THAT's why Nikon
Dec 15, 2019 at 02:54 AM
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. 2 bodies with md, a 600mm, a 300mm, film and a FAL with support and ammo.