Christie Photo
No longer a newbie, moving up!
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I remember when a silver bodied Photomic FTn was considered the "Doctors" camera, but the Black body of the same rig with a lot of brassing on all corners was considered the Pro's workhorse. I guess that dates me a little. As a matter of fact, I remember one of my fellow students of the 60's getting his new Nikon "F" body and promptly sanding all the corners with fine emery cloth. He really thought his images were better for it.
He probably paid an additional $55 $75 for that black paint... a chunck of change back then. 35mm black bodies were seldom seen.
I bought my first camera in 1970... a Pentax Spotmatic with a 55mm f2.8 lens. I paid $287. That was quite a day for a 16-year-old kid. Nikons were going for around $500 and a Leica SLR was more like $700.
-Pete