1.0Doug Hookhttps://doughook.co.ukdoughttps://doughook.co.uk/index.php/author/doug/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ICj2ApNrqZ"><a href="https://doughook.co.uk/index.php/2020/05/03/our-cameras-back-then/">Our cameras back then</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://doughook.co.uk/index.php/2020/05/03/our-cameras-back-then/embed/#?secret=ICj2ApNrqZ" width="600" height="338" title="“Our cameras back then” — Doug Hook" data-secret="ICj2ApNrqZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://doughook.co.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Our cameras back then, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, were the topic of endless discussion amongst my contemporaries. We would often debate the merits of different cameras but mostly our choice was based on what we could afford.  We all had 35mm SLR cameras with manual controls and I think this was generally encouraged amongst budding photographers.https://doughook.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fullsizeoutput_4bff-1024x758.jpeg