This article was published when I was 3years,5months old. Two years later Santa brought me my first camera.
How many of you have dabbled in the diazo process or made a print on gold chloride paper?
How many of us old timers have enjoyed loosing the smell of rotton eggs on the family while attempting sepia toning in the bathroom/darkroom?
I remember envisioning these same improvements and designing cameras with do-everything features in grade school.
By the time I got to high school and became the nerd with the camera I appreciated the skills of the early tin type artists and actually worked with an 8x10 studio camera on my first job with a real studio photographer.
My first newspaper job was wagging around a six pound Crown Graphic and using 4x5 plates. The strobe was 18# with the battery pack, (not rechargeables either so I learned to depend on available light).
Over the years I have owned/used everything from the 8mm Minox spy camera to a 5x7 antique which taxed my patience and caused me to return to the 35mm format.
NIKON uber Allis!
I never wanted to go electronic but the cost of setting up and buying supplies forced me to go digital.
Reading this article brings back a lot of memories and produced a tear or two.
Future evolution of photography equipment? Every day I get magazines and catalogs with new developments and toys. We are in an age of accelerated refinement and invention.
I hope I live to see the return of the tripod mounted 16x20 view camera.
This time with a built in bar and hot tub.
I have come to enjoy the creature comforts and as long as there are no creatures, I'm comfortable.
