Barry Gossage
New member
Hey there,
When the thermometer got down to 92 in the shade today, it was safe to let the dog outside for water in and water out.
Hello from Mission Viejo (vee-ay-hoe,) California. We are located on the eastern side of the 5 Freeway, inland from Laguna Beach. It's been hot enough over the last few days that I didn't feel comfortable taking my babies outside...... those would be my D200, D70, Coolpix 5400 Infrared, Fuji S2 Pro, and even "ol' faithful.... my FM2". (How's that for a segue from the weather to what cameras I shoot?!)
I've been a Nikon man since 1972 when I took an FTN and 4 or 5,000 slide shots of Europe when I was 18 and free to go where I pleased. Three and half months backpacking by myself in Europe, staying in youth hostels and sleeping in parks, on beaches, and even some farmers fields! I never wanted to have to say to myself... "if only I had"; so I did it. The Nikon FTN was about as indestructible as any piece of hardware I've ever seen. And at that time, Nikon was one of the few companies in the world that owned and operated their own crucibles and made their own glass. That's where Nikon's fame really came from, IMHO. Quality glass of the highest order.
But... the digital world closed in and I used my first REAL digital camera in the early 90's. A Canon. The Q-PIC RC250 SV (still video) camera.
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/1987_1991/1989_qpic.html
It used a proprietary diskette that loaded into a top-loading device similar to early beta and vhs tape decks. Push a button and the cradle came up from within the camera: load the the diskette, push the cradle back into the camera and proceed to shoot still video images. I was taking some classes on Ventura Publisher at the time, so for a final project, I photographed some jewelry that a friend made, and put together a catalog and printed it on an HP Personal Laser Jet. Man, I was stylin'!!! And the catalog blew the doors off everything else. I kinda-sorta think I may have made up mind about digital right then and there.
You what's funny... all these little anecdotes of things I've done and seen... I never realized how much fun I had at the time they happened until I started writing them down!
So, is this TOO much information? It's almost midnight here so I best get my tush to bed. I'll write more later if anyone wants to hear more ramblings of an old f***.
Barry Gossage
fo-tik photography
When the thermometer got down to 92 in the shade today, it was safe to let the dog outside for water in and water out.
Hello from Mission Viejo (vee-ay-hoe,) California. We are located on the eastern side of the 5 Freeway, inland from Laguna Beach. It's been hot enough over the last few days that I didn't feel comfortable taking my babies outside...... those would be my D200, D70, Coolpix 5400 Infrared, Fuji S2 Pro, and even "ol' faithful.... my FM2". (How's that for a segue from the weather to what cameras I shoot?!)
I've been a Nikon man since 1972 when I took an FTN and 4 or 5,000 slide shots of Europe when I was 18 and free to go where I pleased. Three and half months backpacking by myself in Europe, staying in youth hostels and sleeping in parks, on beaches, and even some farmers fields! I never wanted to have to say to myself... "if only I had"; so I did it. The Nikon FTN was about as indestructible as any piece of hardware I've ever seen. And at that time, Nikon was one of the few companies in the world that owned and operated their own crucibles and made their own glass. That's where Nikon's fame really came from, IMHO. Quality glass of the highest order.
But... the digital world closed in and I used my first REAL digital camera in the early 90's. A Canon. The Q-PIC RC250 SV (still video) camera.
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/1987_1991/1989_qpic.html
It used a proprietary diskette that loaded into a top-loading device similar to early beta and vhs tape decks. Push a button and the cradle came up from within the camera: load the the diskette, push the cradle back into the camera and proceed to shoot still video images. I was taking some classes on Ventura Publisher at the time, so for a final project, I photographed some jewelry that a friend made, and put together a catalog and printed it on an HP Personal Laser Jet. Man, I was stylin'!!! And the catalog blew the doors off everything else. I kinda-sorta think I may have made up mind about digital right then and there.
You what's funny... all these little anecdotes of things I've done and seen... I never realized how much fun I had at the time they happened until I started writing them down!
So, is this TOO much information? It's almost midnight here so I best get my tush to bed. I'll write more later if anyone wants to hear more ramblings of an old f***.
Barry Gossage
fo-tik photography
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