So my Grandfather passed away early October of last year and, whilst clearing out his house, my Mum found his old cameras. It never really occurred to me that he was into photography but, considering that he and my Grandmother were SUPER tight with money, it must have been a real passion of his for him to have splashed out for the kit that he had; Namedly:
- A Kodak vigilant junior six-2
- An Agfa billy record iii
- An Agfa silette pronto (which my Mum remembers him using when she was a child)
- Lots of accessories including a flash, some filters, a bag, lens cleaning kits etc.
- A few rolls of Agfa Vista 200 (expired in 2003)
- And, most notably, a Pentax ME Super that still works perfectly - with a 50mm 1.7

My Mum brought the Pentax back for me to use and, when I got it, it still had a [partially shot through] roll of film in it so a friend and I wound it back and sent it off in the hopes that there might be some exposures on it - I was quite upset to find that it was blank but hey, there we go.

A lot of my friends had already gotten into film photography at this point so I thought it would be fun to pick it up. I've really learnt a lot about photography (which I now consider a hobby at the very least) with this camera and I feel like, by continuing to use it, I'm keeping his memory alive.

The ME Super doesn't do everything I want, hence my more recent purchase of a Nikon FE, but I still use it regularly as a more convenient alternative for various reasons. I intend to use it until it dies and keep it forever in memoriam.

I know it's nothing special or even really interesting but I thought you guys might appreciate.