Meet Andrew

Personal Summary

My first camera was a Kodak slim Instamatic pocket camera (‘James Bond’ Style) Probably destroyed due to water or the curiosity of a boy. I then progressed to a Kodak Instamatic 35mm. The small 4 shot flash unit attached to the top was an endless source of fascination. Following that I got a 35mm Minolta P. This was my father’s 21st birthday camera and I used it for many years. I mothballed the camera for a few years, (Later I had it serviced and once again I am using it.) I bought my first ‘big’ film camera - Pentax Z10 - adding a few lenses as years went by. With the advent of digital and the lure of cheaper photos and near ‘instant’ review (chimping) - the 35mm was shuffled to the back of the camera bag, and finally the cupboard. My first digital was a Pentax Espio 2mp 38-70mm fixed lens (point and shoot). Stepping into the digital, “my what a big sensor you have scene” was scary. The choice and options were too good to be true- and with prices to match. But alas, the megapixel war was going full-steam and there was no way to keep up with the latest offering. So eventually, I dug in for a Olympus Pen Lite PL5, trusted the ‘massive’ 16mp would keep me going for years and not leave me with an expensive paper weight in 2 yrs. Overall, this was a good call - and the journey with M43 had begun.