A Miranda Sensorex was the second camera I bought while vacationing in Vietnam in 1969 and my very first SLR. The first camera was a Minolta 7 or 7s I can't remember. I went to the little 12'x12' PX at 1st. Marines on Hill 55 with a good friend and we both picked out our cameras. He knew much more than I did about 35mm cameras since he had worked for a newspaper in his home town. I was looking at all the cameras and drooling. Yup, all five of them looked nice, but I spotted the one for me. He tried to persuade me to buy a Nikon F with metered head, but that sexy camera with the sexy name is the one that caught my eye. I can't remember exactly what I paid, but I know his shiny new unsexy Nikon F with Photomic head was only about $20.00 more. I told you I didn't know much about cameras then! If I did we would have both walk out with Nikons. That said, the Sensorex served me very well and that 50mm F1.4 lens was first rate. I even used it to shoot my first wedding, which was my best friends after I got back home. That said, I think Miranda was going down already in 1971-72 since it was getting a little hard to get lenses for the Senorex compared to the newer model EE. I think their worst mistake was not being able to make all lenses completely compatible with all models. Unlike Minolta, Pentax, Canon and Nikon of the time. Also, after the take over by AIC (Applied Impex Corporation) all then newer glass was stamped Soligor, which in my opinion was the handwriting on the wall for Mirandal. I don't know if this is true or not, but an old camera buff told me that Miranda at its peak had more accessories for their cameras than any other camera manufacture of the time. Minolta, Pentax and Canon were my other choices in that case at the Post Exchange and anyone of those would probably have severed me better. Oh well, live and learn I guess. I still think that Senorex is one of the sexiest cameras ever made and it's bottom weighted, in the mirror metering system worked perfect for me. Think sexy, think Miranda!. JohnW