aldevo
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My first real 35mm camera was a Kodak Retinette IIB rangefinder that my father puchased while visiting relatives in Italy in the late 1950s. I began to use it in the early 1990s and used it for about 7 or 8 years.
Since then, I've gone digital...only to return to film in early 2003. I started with a Canon EOS-5 and used that until about a year ago when I won an E-Bay bid on a Fujica ST-705. I've since acquired a couple more manual focus cameras (Fujica ST-801 and Pentax Spotmatic SPII) and a series of Fuji and Pentax M42 lenses. I use these cameras in preference to the EOS - unless I need to use flash.
The Retinette is still used on occasion. Thankfully, it is in splendid cosmetic and mechcanical condition. Beautiful camera.
Since then, I've gone digital...only to return to film in early 2003. I started with a Canon EOS-5 and used that until about a year ago when I won an E-Bay bid on a Fujica ST-705. I've since acquired a couple more manual focus cameras (Fujica ST-801 and Pentax Spotmatic SPII) and a series of Fuji and Pentax M42 lenses. I use these cameras in preference to the EOS - unless I need to use flash.
The Retinette is still used on occasion. Thankfully, it is in splendid cosmetic and mechcanical condition. Beautiful camera.