And now a little note about my equipment:

I have many cameras, some working, some not. But here is the list:

Digital Cameras:

Nikon D70 with 1 AF-S NIKKOR 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G ED lens and 1Tamron 70-300mm
 1:4-5.6 I also use a 512Mb CompactFlash SanDisk Extreme. I would like to point out that
this camera is everything it is maid to be and more. In the year that I have had it, I have
 only run the battery down once, and it only took 2 hours to recharge it.

Olympus D510-Zoom: great point and click camera, maybe a little slow and bulky,, but has
 survived falling down the side of a mountain, very sturdy.

35 mm Cameras:

Nikon N6006 (stolen), I mention it because it was a good camera that treated me very well.
 I never had a single problem with it apart from the proprietary batteries that it used.

Zeiss Ikon Contina LK, vintage camera, perfect condition, with a non removable 45mm
 1:2.8 Prontor 250 LK lens. It was given to me by my great friend Mireille. Merci pour ce
 cadeau magnific.

Asahi Pentax, with Super-Takumar Asahi 50mm 1:1.4 lens, my friend Natalie gave it to me
 in replacement of the Nikon N6006 stolen out of here car. Thank you Natalie,and even
 though that was not necessary, I appreciate the thought.

Medium Format Cameras (120 film):

Yashica Mat-124G twin lens reflex with 80mm 1:3.5 lenses. Vintage camera, missing
 leather casing, but still in perfect functioning order. Ah the twin lens, I love the view
 finder from the top, and the negatives that come out of that baby are just amazing. The
 only problem with this camera is the uselessness of the build-in light meter. But that is
 easily overcome by practice. I eventually learned how to use it with no light meter at all.
 Also an interesting note for those who have not had a chance of playing with a twin-lens:
 what you see is NOT what you get, since you see through the top lens and you take the
 picture through the bottom one.

Zeiss Ikon Prontor-S, vintage camera, working condition although it sometimes locks up on
 me, with 75mm 1:4.5 lens. I bought this camera at an antiquity market in Switzerland. I
 was strongly along when I saw from the corner of my eye a box in the corner of a table
 with little to no markings on it. I opened it up to find this beautiful camera in it. I bought
 it as soon as I figured out how to open it up.

Holga 120S with 60mm 1:8 lens. Plastic camera, the lightest one I have, has lots of light
 leaks, but that is part of the Holga experience. I am looking for a triggering system to rigue
 it to a kite.

© 2005 Solomon Latham