Nostalgia

[sury]

I was going through my flickr and found these flowers taken with A100 and good old Vivitar 90 f2.5 and some old Minolta flash.
A100 was my first ever true (D)SLR and feel very sentimental about it. These are straight from the camera with no PP involved.

With best regards,
Sury

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[Cogito]

Nice memories!! My first DSLR was my KM 7D. My first macro lens for that was a Sigma 70mm.

This taken at 1:5



And this -same bloom - at 1:1



And in my SLR days, this taken with my Minolta XM with Minolta 50mm macro lens



I also use the Minolta lens on any DSLR that I have available but I won't boor you with those.

[Greg Beetham]

You're not supposed to take photos that good with those old cameras.
Greg

[sury]

Human spirit Greg, human spirit. Those are great shots Cogito. Let's see if others would chip in.

Sury

Here are couple of more with Minolta 35-70 with a CUL set.

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[bakubo]

All the photos posted from your first SLR are cool. I know what you mean about nostalgia for your first SLR. I also have fond memories of mine. It was a Mamiya-Sekor 1000 DTL. Here is a photo from 1974 when I was in high school. I was using the Mamiya-Sekor 55mm f1.8 lens with an extension tube to take a photo of my old, comfortable shoe that I was wearing while sitting on the ground:



Mother and children at a drugstore in 1975 -- I suppose the little girl looking at me must be in her mid to late 40s now:



A 1975 self-portrait:

[Cogito]

Human spirit Greg, human spirit. Those are great shots Cogito. Let's see if others would chip in.

Thanks Sury. I think these 3 surpass your first offering!!

[Cogito]

Bakubo, nice old camera and well used my you! Were the shoes comfortable? The girls and their mother probably have no memories of that shot. And what can we say about self portraits?

[bakubo]

Bakubo, nice old camera and well used my you! Were the shoes comfortable? The girls and their mother probably have no memories of that shot. And what can we say about self portraits?

Yeah, those shoes were comfortable. I was still wearing them for quite awhile even after they were pretty much worn out. I have a vague memory of going to the drugstore in 1975 to pick up a prescription for my grandmother. I was sitting there with my SLR (I often carried it around) and the mother and two children were standing in front of me. While I was focusing the little girl turned around to look at me and I snapped the photo. I don't know the people in the photo so I don't know where they are now and I am sure they don't remember this little slice of time.

[sury]

Sony A100. Still clicking. Lombard Street, San Francisco, CA. The car was at such an angle that the black line you see at the upper right side
is actually vertical upper portion of the window.

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At the neighborhood lake/park in November 2008. In San Jose, CA that is the peak of the Fall (Autumn) season.

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Yes, indeed. Those flowers in bloom in November and the sprinklers in the park just turned off. IN those days, A100 being my first SLR, like American
Express advertisement; never leave home without it.

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With best regards,
Sury

[Dusty]

Lombard, the crookedest street in the world! I remember that house from my trip down it, in around 2006. And I love to flower shot.

Dusty

[sury]

Dusty,
Thank you. FWIW you are still on my list for A700 when I get another body.

Sury

[johnstra]

My first camera was an Agfa Isolette. My first Minolta was an SRT101. Sorry, I am too lazy to find some pics and scan them in, but I expect that you will be relieved to hear that. These are all great shots.

Bob

[sury]

Bob,
Thank you. Look forward to your photos.

Sury

[sury]

Another one. This is a 3 image composite that I put together on recently downloaded Registax. That SW
has improved quite a bit in the last few years in terms of ease of use. The three images were taken with A100
and Tamron 200-500 and stacked in Registax.

With best regards,
Sury

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[Dr. Harout]

A bit noisy, but still very fine and detailed moon.