Jon Eckman

And a few from a Diana+ plastic lomographic camera that I've played around with a little bit.

A few from an early 70's Nikomat FTn (brought back from Japan from someone I worked for here in the US). I generally used a 55mm f/1.2 and a 28mm f/3.5 with this camera.

Closest to in hand on hand is in mouth.

Hmmm, you're right, the four batteries it uses are standard AAAs. Thanks for catching my memory lapse.

When my early 1970's Nikomat FTN began developing some problems in the mid-80s, I bought the then newly introduced Minolta 7000 Maxxum on the advise of a friend who was a Minolta fan. Used it consistently for over 15 years with very good results and basically no issues before gradually switching over to digital. There was an initial learning curve getting used to the automatic functions of the 7000, but eventually they became second nature and I found the camera very easy to use. One of the earliest lessons I learned the hard way was to keep the battery charged, something that would not have prevented the Nikon from functioning. Best tip from me would be to start running film through it.

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