Camera Talk

Can't post any of them, but there are some gorgeous color photos posted here -- http://news-beta.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/150131-pictures-autochrome-color-photography-history-people-culture/ that were taken in the 20s and 30s, using a technique that involved potato starch, of all things. Sever...

Hmmm -- I cannot even send the requested email answer -- Outlook does not recognize the address contained in the email you sent me as a valid address, even though I copied it from your email and pasted it into the "To" box.

Oh, and I do not see the forums list either.

When I saw the title to this thread I somehow read it as "first camera" rather than "first SLR." Obviously, the Retina is not an SLR. My apologies. :oops: My first SLR was a Pentax K1000 that I took in lieu of some of my pay when the newspaper I was working for went belly-up. I s...

My first camera was a used Kodak Retina 1 that I bought in 1954 from a local camera store that has long since gone to that great film plane in the sky. At the time I had no idea of the significance of that model, and its worldwide effects on film photography. I was, however, just fascinated by all t...

Those photos are gorgeous!

I hope when the time comes for me to post photos of any of mine, that they will look even half as good.

Hi, all!

Perhaps KEH would be a more trustworthy source of gear valuation than Evilbay?