From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!ittapp!steve Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Title: Re: reply on novice camera request Article-I.D.: ittapp.203 Posted: Fri Jul 2 10:06:14 1982 Received: Sat Jul 3 01:46:27 1982 References: rabbit.576 I guess I'm really disappointed. I just found out my KONICA TC that has been with me only four-and-a-half years is not reliable. I don't know how to tell my wife that a camera that has been abused by a gorilla with ten thumbs and has only pilot errors to its credit is not going to hold together. I'm stuck with one of those gosh-awful VIVATAR flash units on top of that. Its just incredible that all this time I've had a lousy rig just on the verge of failing. That guy with the NIKON who helped me pick it out must have though I was an easy touch. I had never owned an SLR and I was green when it came to setting the aperture and shutter speed. I just wanted a good automatic exposure SLR that I could use to take pictures of my daughter who at the time had just been born. Gee, I guess all those good pictures were just flukes...