This is a photograph I took in my hotel room early one morning, in Boulder, Colorado, in 1983. I was using a new "Point-and-Shoot" camera made by Nikon, called an L35 AF for "autofocus." Around this time a number of manufactures had started producing point-and-shoot cameras, and then this Nikon model came out and was immediately adopted by a number of professional photographers! It had a 35mm f/2.8 lens that was really sharp and it was a joy to shoot with. Just point and shoot! It used 35mm film. By today's standards it was a bit bulky, but compared to regular Nikon Single Lens Reflex cameras, it was small and light. I carried it in a pouch on my belt and it was so much fun to shoot with. After a while I bought one of these cameras for my mom and she loved it! Eventually much smaller point-and-shoots came out and I upgraded. But I used this camera for a number of years.
Here are a couple of photographs of the camera I grabbed online. I hung on to my camera for years after I stopped using it, and then, painfully tossed it because it was no longer working, but I hated to part with it, because it had been such a faithful companion.
I remember this camera -- I think you got me one and I used it for years and years!!
ReplyDeleteAnd that photograph reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting, but without the people.
ReplyDeleteLiz: I forgot about that! Yes I did get you one! It was such a wonderful camera and so simple to use! And as you read, I bought one for my mom too. That is so interesting, that sense you have of this photograph having an Edward Hopper feeling about it! I had not thought of that!
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