I've treated my cameras as tools. I try not to abuse them, but I don't coddle them either. I switched over to SLRs using the Pentax system. I used this Spotmatic during my stint in the "Disney Land of South East Asia" in 1967-1968. It took a beating and kept on ticking.


When I met my wife she was using a Nikon so I switched. Nikons where a little lighter and smaller than they were in the 60s. It did not make sense to have two different systems in the family. We ended up with a FM, 2-FM2s, and a F3. We also have 2 auto focus Nikons.

This is my collection. You can tell I like the black body cameras the most.



I started changing film, but began to take a drink first. The cap on my water bottle was loose, and drenched my camera with an electrolyte drink. I cleaned the camera, and then thinking that I had rerolled the film, opened the back to remove the film. I did not reroll the film! This was when I starting thinking of switching to digital.