James Dowling
Member
I'm James and I've been taking pictures for almost 60 years, although I got into photography via an unusual route - my interest (or obsession) with fine machinery. Although nowadays the cameras mostly sit idle as the vast majority of my photography is done with my iPhone.
My fine machinery obsession led me to mechanical watches, and I have written about them for almost 40 years now - so, if anyone has a query about watches or timekeeping, feel free to ask.
There is a closer relationship between cameras and watches then most people realise; Leica now produce and sell a range of mechanical watches; one of the earliest digital rangefinders was the Epson RD-1, a digital version of the Voightlander Bessa - Epson is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko and Seiko themselves produced leaf shutters for just about every Japanese camera maker.
My fine machinery obsession led me to mechanical watches, and I have written about them for almost 40 years now - so, if anyone has a query about watches or timekeeping, feel free to ask.
There is a closer relationship between cameras and watches then most people realise; Leica now produce and sell a range of mechanical watches; one of the earliest digital rangefinders was the Epson RD-1, a digital version of the Voightlander Bessa - Epson is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko and Seiko themselves produced leaf shutters for just about every Japanese camera maker.
