I was shooting some type of Kodak Instamatic also. Took the Flash Cubes
IIRC. Used a Polaroid instant film camera for a while in college. Bought an
OM-1 in 1976. The rest is history.
Charlie
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Moose asked Ken: What were you shooting in 1970?
>
> I thought that made for a new subject. In 1970 I was shooting with a
> Miranda GT with one lens, the standard 50/1.8. The page where this
> image is from <http://www.mirandacamera.com/_intro/Image17.jpg> says:
> "The Model F was extended into the more comprehensive Model G, with
> interchangeable focus screens, an oversize mirror, and mirror lockup.
> This last feature, coupled with the availability of a magnifying finder,
> made the G particularly attractive to astronomers for telescope use".
>
> My wife bought it for me in 1968 as my university graduation present. I
> sorely wanted to do astrophotgraphy at the time and my Petri 7s
> <http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/Petri7s.html> rangefinder
> (my very first camera bought in Germany in 1963) was a significant
> impediment. The "T" in Miranda GT meant TTL metering in the T prism.
> Of course, removing the metering pentaprism for other prism or the 5X
> magnifier option meant losing all metering but that didn't matter for
> astro work.
>
> In 1974 I came into some unexpected money and used part of it to buy a
> Celestron 8 (2000mm f/10) with equatorial fork mount and an OM-1 with
> 50/1.8. But what I really wanted was a Canon F1. I didn't like the
> idea that the OM-1's pentaprism wasn't removable and that the focusing
> screen was a piece of plastic that had to be removed through the lens
> mount. The Canon F-1 was like the Miranda. The pentaprism was
> removable and it used real glass focusing screens in brass frames just
> like the Miranda. But I bought the OM-1 because it was lots cheaper.
> Little did I know that I made the right long term decision for the wrong
> reason. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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