A geek-type from San Diego, California (user albada)

[albada]

Hi All,

I've been a member for several years, but only recently became active in APUG.org. I even subscribed, which I encourage you to do to support this site.

I collect, repair, and shoot with mechanical cameras that don't use batteries (no electronics). Mostly 35mm.
Being an engineer at heart, I also modify cameras. For example, I figured out a modification to the Olympus Trip 35 and Pens that gives you manual control over their two shutter speeds. You turn the camera upside-down to get its high speed, using gravity to move a lever deep within the camera.
I'm currently learning about developers, and my project now is to create versions of XTOL/Mytol and DS-10 that last for years (in concentrate form) and are convenient for one-shot usage.

My day-job is computer programming (hence the "geek-type"), and I even have some patents in digital imaging/photography -- shame on me!
But I enjoy film and chemistry with my classic cameras.

Mark Overton

 

[Jeff Kubach]

Hello Mark and welcome to APUG. I also like classic cameras.

Jeff

 

[papagene]

Mark - hello and welcome to APUG from western Massachusetts. I wander to the San Diego area (Encinitas) once in a while... beautiful area.

 

[ntenny]

Nice to see another Diegueno pop up. I checked and you don't seem to work with me...wait, are you sure you're allowed to be a software geek in SD and not work at Qualcomm?

-NT

 

[zsas]

From another IT geek type to another, welcome! Analog all the way (I guess except for work though, abacuses were replaced by bus intel tools...) Andy