In 1980 I purchased a Pentax K1000 camera body with a 50mm lens and a small third party flash. It was my first 35mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) and I wanted to learn what all the knobs, dials, numbers and lines on my new camera, lens and flash were for. I enrolled in (what was) the Connecticut Institute of Art and Design in Wethersfield, Ct. and took several courses covering B &W Darkroom – Exposure Values – Aperture vs. Shutter preferred exposures – Composition and Portraiture. I soon added a Ricoh XR-7 body, 3 lenses and an additional flash...more