Hello to all! My name is George and I have subscribed to this group to give a subscription-based content site a chance. I formerly lurked here off and on.
For the last 35 years, I spent my time as a pharmacist, mostly for the USPHS. My assignments took me to "Indian" reservations and even into a prison. Most of that in the western part of the U.S.
My mother gave me a box "Brownie" in the 1950s to start me in photography. It took size 116 film, which is pretty much unavailable now--even though I still have the camera. From there, I graduated to 35mm and darkroom work and from that to 4" x 5" and to 6 x 6. I did finally break down and get a Leica X1 for a d_g_t_l camera, but used it mostly before my cataract surgery. The viewing screen helped a lot.
Now that my cataract surgeries are over, I will be getting back to analog formats and learning how to use a ground-glass focusing screen all over, I guess. I've yet to determine just what correction in glasses will allow me to see the ground-glass the best, though.
Right now, it is winter in Oklahoma (Indian Territory), cold, and a little bleak outside. Maybe I can find a few things to shoot.
We have a local camera club, so if things go well here, I'll recommend this site to my fellow members.
For the last 35 years, I spent my time as a pharmacist, mostly for the USPHS. My assignments took me to "Indian" reservations and even into a prison. Most of that in the western part of the U.S.
My mother gave me a box "Brownie" in the 1950s to start me in photography. It took size 116 film, which is pretty much unavailable now--even though I still have the camera. From there, I graduated to 35mm and darkroom work and from that to 4" x 5" and to 6 x 6. I did finally break down and get a Leica X1 for a d_g_t_l camera, but used it mostly before my cataract surgery. The viewing screen helped a lot.
Now that my cataract surgeries are over, I will be getting back to analog formats and learning how to use a ground-glass focusing screen all over, I guess. I've yet to determine just what correction in glasses will allow me to see the ground-glass the best, though.
Right now, it is winter in Oklahoma (Indian Territory), cold, and a little bleak outside. Maybe I can find a few things to shoot.
We have a local camera club, so if things go well here, I'll recommend this site to my fellow members.
