On May 15, 2010, I will be retiring after 33 years in the Photographic Industry.
One of my counterparts from another store and I were talking about it and we agreed that what we had done, for pay, might possibly have been the best job in the world. We did something different every day, we got to talk with people who had the same interests that we had, and we got to play with all of the coolest toys.
One of the best parts of my work was seeing and getting to play with the finest vintage cameras and other pieces of photographic apparatus. In my blog I will be talking about various pieces of equipment that I’ve owned, shot with, and loved.
This is one of the most beautiful of all of the cameras I’ve owned. I call it the Titanium Panda. My friend Mark Theken made three of them. They began life as a silver M6. Mark had titanium tops and base plates. The result was a very striking camera that had the extra heft of the silver camera. I owned two of the three. They had very subtle differences in that the rewind crank and the advance levers were of different colors.
This Old Camera 
Great idea Paul now that you have some time on yours hands following your retirement.
I will enjoy your blog and I look forward to future posts.
Will you ever shoot another roll of film? I ask my self that question frequently.
Congratulations of making the best of your 33 years.
Good luck with the site and blog, Paul, and good luck in your retirement. I’ll miss you at the shop!