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[JohnRNixon]

Hi. I never know how to title the first topic post, but when I saw that Yorkshire title I had no other option.

 

I'm 61 years old and live in Blackburn with my wife Andrea. I have been an avid photographer since 1972 when I got my first SLR. I took up cycling the next year and swapped the bulky Practika for a compact Konica (I was on a budget being in my teens). The Konica lasted a long time, despite being dropped and having the filter ring skewed and the rangefinder no longer working. Next was one of those tiny Olympus XA2 jobs with a tiny bolt on flash unit. Fantastic for putting in a pocket when cycling. I hated the electric shutter switch though.

 

By the end of the Eighties I got back in to SLR work with a Yashica. That stayed with me until 1992 when it got stolen from the house in a burglary, along with a Pentax compact with zoom that ate batteries for fun!

I replaced that lot with secondhand stuff. A Pentax K1000, ME Super and a variety of lenses plus bits. They stayed until I went digital (and after, till I could bear to part with them).

 

First digital was a funny little Casio thing that had a fully articulated lens. Tiny resolution, but fun. Next a Sony F717. I liked the articulation. The sensor packed up on that and rather than get it replaced I saw a Sony V3 and got that.

First digital SLR was a Canon 20D. Swapped that for a Canon 50D. Feeling limited by the Sony V3 as my compact, I got a Nikon P7800 and that I was I am here!

I also had a hankering for a Fuji X100 so I have one of those too.

I eventually got up the guts to replace the sensor in the F717 so I have a working one of those again.

 

[nbanjogal]

Welcome, John! That's quite the list of cameras you've been through. I've been through Yorkshire a few times (I love that place!) but never Lancashire, so I'm very selfishly hoping you'll share some images from your area. 

 

How's your Nikon treating you? 

[JohnRNixon]

I haven't used the Nikon for a while. I got a new Tamron 70-300 for my Canon 50D just after Christmas and that has been my new plaything.

Lancashire is a county that many people pass through, either by landing at Manchester airport or driving up the M6 motorway from North to South and vice versa. I will see what I have that gives a good and honest impression of the place.

Is UT Utah? 

[JohnRNixon]

I have had a look around the forum and was impressed by the blog listing. I have taken it upon myself to post in that section with some of my pics. A little less intimidating.

[nbanjogal]

Ah--a new lens is a great distraction! Well, I hope you don't abandon your Nikon entirely.

 

I was just looking at a map--turns out I have actually been in Lancashire. Stopped in Preston once. I can't remember if we did anything else in the area...

 

Yes, UT is Utah. A few hours south of me you can find this kind of scenery:

 

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands by Nicole Fernley, on Flickr

 

One of my goals this year is get down that way more often. 

 

And thanks for making a blog post. Make sure you check out our weekly mini-challenges--you are absolutely welcome to participate. We have an editing challenge and a weekly "your best photo" thread. I think Peter may be getting his single lens challenge up and running for the new year too.