Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
This was my first real camera - the Fujica STX-1.
The first weekend after getting my student grant, I headed off to the local Boots, and came home with this wonderful contraption.
It was their entry level SLR during that time. The focal plane shutter was mechanical, with a top speed of 1/750th of a second and a flash synced at 1/60th of a second.
The shutter speed was shown along the left side of the viewfinder through a mechanical linkage.
Everything about the STX-1 was manual. No program modes were available.
It was a great way to learn the basics of photography, and I kept my local Supersnaps store in business doing all my dev and printing![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Not many shots from that era have made it into the digital domain, but I do have this group shot from the Leicester Poly pirate radio crew, including your's truly!
Printed in the Poly's dark room - one of my early attempts at B&W dev and print.
I passed the camera on to my dad after buying a shiny new Minolta 7000 - and he put it to great use for years - being all manual it was right up his alley LOL
He's still got it somewhere, although he's now all 21st C and digital with his Olympus camera and Kodak digital print machine!![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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The first weekend after getting my student grant, I headed off to the local Boots, and came home with this wonderful contraption.
It was their entry level SLR during that time. The focal plane shutter was mechanical, with a top speed of 1/750th of a second and a flash synced at 1/60th of a second.
The shutter speed was shown along the left side of the viewfinder through a mechanical linkage.
Everything about the STX-1 was manual. No program modes were available.
It was a great way to learn the basics of photography, and I kept my local Supersnaps store in business doing all my dev and printing
Not many shots from that era have made it into the digital domain, but I do have this group shot from the Leicester Poly pirate radio crew, including your's truly!
![n661205095_5225472_4657.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fphotos-ak-snc1%2Fv1658%2F92%2F17%2F661205095%2Fn661205095_5225472_4657.jpg&hash=33af1fb4cde698ee3a136fc4aedfc786)
Printed in the Poly's dark room - one of my early attempts at B&W dev and print.
I passed the camera on to my dad after buying a shiny new Minolta 7000 - and he put it to great use for years - being all manual it was right up his alley LOL
He's still got it somewhere, although he's now all 21st C and digital with his Olympus camera and Kodak digital print machine!