Every Camera Has a Story

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I wrote a non-farm blog today, so I thought I'd share it with you.

I’ve been learning new camera techniques during our extended winter. Right now, I am loving Digital Photography School. The bonus - it's free! Anyway, I was looking for something inside to try out a few new settings on, since the weather is rainy and cold. Not to mention the blah brown landscape we still have.

I have a camera collection that I display above my built in buffet. There are some really special ones in my collection that I love looking at. They are not special because of their monetary value, but for their stories.

This camera came from my father-in-law. He was drafted into the United States Army during peacetime in the 1950’s for two years. One year was spent in Germany. He had many entertaining stories about his time there, and about the ship ride home. It was on the ship that he came into possession of this camera. According to FIL, there were a few guys gambling to pass the time. One of the guys offered to sell his camera for $30 so he could pay his debt. My FIL agreed, and bought the camera. He used it for a while before updating to a newer Argus camera. He was the family photographer at gatherings, taking the typical eating around the table shots, and the group photos. I’m pretty thankful that he shared his stories and his cameras with us!

In this photo, I used natural light from our large east facing windows, and had black velvet behind and under the AGFA. Other settings: Canon 60D, Av mode, ISO 800, f/2.8, 1/125, 34mm focal length. The technique I was playing with was using Av mode to achieve a shallow DOF. I also used the manual focal point setting aimed at the lettering on the top ring of the lens.

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I like this shot and thanks for sharing the story behind as well! Good to see you posting a shot again. Do so more often