>
>
> My first real 35mm camera was a Yashica J-5 SLR with a Yashinon 55mm f/1.2
> lens. Acquired it (used) during high school. The J-5 was only a few years
> old and the camera dealer was *very* helpful in finding a fine SLR I could
> afford as a relatively poor HS student. I had saved up for quite some time
> to buy it. Came complete with nice leather never-ready case and in KEH EX+
> condition. Sold it a few years later and very sorry now that I did. In
> concept it was much like an OM-1 with its built-in match-needle meter, but
> as I recall a little bigger and heavier. Have always had a secret desire
> to acquire another J-5 with a 55/1.2 Yashinon.
>
> -- John
>
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My first SLR was a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic. I loved that camera. I think I
even slept with it under my pillow through high school. Of course...the light
meter died and the shutter got sticky ....but I not-so-secretly wish I had
another to this day.
Charles Sdunek
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