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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 740993" data-attributes="member: 13556">Wonderful camera, Scott!When I was a kid and first started to really notice cameras, my family lived in a &quot;Navy town&quot;:&nbsp; Orange Park, Florida.&nbsp; All of the sailors that I saw with cameras seemed to have Nikons, and our next-door neighbor was a USN Photographer, with access to all things photography-wise.&nbsp; A few of them that were acquaintances of my parents even entertained my inquisitions into their gear, and would explain the differences between the SLRs and my Dad's Yashica rangefinder.&nbsp; Of course, that influence led me to the counter at Colonial Photo and Hobby in Orlando over ten years later, where I purchased my first 35mm camera, a Nikon FM.&nbsp; I was out of High School and had my first job, a car payment and newfound freedom and cash to purchase an SLR.&nbsp; Even so, I couldn't afford a professional level camera and lens.&nbsp; (That would be later, but not coupled with professional skills.)&nbsp; I still have that FM, but today I can purchase one of those high-end &quot;professional&quot; Nikons for a relative pittance compared to what they would have cost me forty years ago.&nbsp; But what memories we would have made along the way.WM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 740993, member: 13556"] Wonderful camera, Scott! When I was a kid and first started to really notice cameras, my family lived in a "Navy town": Orange Park, Florida. All of the sailors that I saw with cameras seemed to have Nikons, and our next-door neighbor was a USN Photographer, with access to all things photography-wise. A few of them that were acquaintances of my parents even entertained my inquisitions into their gear, and would explain the differences between the SLRs and my Dad's Yashica rangefinder. Of course, that influence led me to the counter at Colonial Photo and Hobby in Orlando over ten years later, where I purchased my first 35mm camera, a Nikon FM. I was out of High School and had my first job, a car payment and newfound freedom and cash to purchase an SLR. Even so, I couldn't afford a professional level camera and lens. (That would be later, but not coupled with professional skills.) I still have that FM, but today I can purchase one of those high-end "professional" Nikons for a relative pittance compared to what they would have cost me forty years ago. But what memories we would have made along the way. WM [/QUOTE]

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