I am an amateur, and have been since I bought my first 35 mm camera, second-hand, from Dixons in Haymarket in London in nineteen hundred & frozen to death. I still have it (an AGFA Flexilette twin lens reflex).

I have a few others too: -

K10D with grip
ME Super with ME Winder II
Super A with Motordrive A
MZ30
MZ5N
MZ6
MZ-M

Ricoh KR 10 Super with winder
Chinon CP 7 M (my first 35 mm SLR)

All of them work (except the MZ-M presently) and all of them are used regularly.

The lens collection is quite extensive too: -

Manual Focus

Optomax 300 mm f 5.6 prime
Chinon 500 mm f 1.9 prime
Chinon 28 mm - 70 mm f 3.5 - 4.8 zoom
Cosina 24 mm f 2.8 prime
Vivitar 75 mm - 250 mm f 3.8 - 4.5 zoom (Komine)
Vivitar S1 28 mm - 105 mm f 2.8 - 3.8 zoom (Cosina)
Vivitar S1 100 mm - 500 mm f 5.6 - 8 zoom (Cosina)

Auto Focus

Cosina 19 mm - 35 mm f 3.5 - 4.5 zoom
SMC-DA 18 mm - 55 mm f 3.5 - 5.6 (mk I) zoom
SMC-F 80 mm - 200mm f 4.7 - 5.6 zoom
SMC-FA 28 - 80 mm f 4 - 5.6 zoom
SMC-FA 35 mm -80 mm f 4 - 5.6 zoom
SMC-FA 80 mm -200 mm f 4.7 - 5.6 zoom
Sigma APO DG Macro 70 mm - 300 mm f 4 - 5.6 zoom
Tokina 19 mm - 35 mm f 3.4 - 4.5 zoom

- and a couple of tele-converters, various flash guns and tripods, plus a Jessops monopod that would hold up the Albert Hall !!!

I am a hobbyist, interested in: -

Close-up & macro (still a lot to learn)
Action - motor sport and aviation
Nature - landscape and flora/fauna
Composition - shapes, patterns and the unusual

I shoot normally colour prints in 35 mm, with an occasional B&W project.

I have tried developing myself (a course with Lakeland Photographic eons ago) and will hopefully have my own darkroom eventually.

I print using Photoshop CS (the original & not 2,3,4 or 5)

I have an Epson stylus photo R285

I want to find a cheap(er) example of an Epson scanner V700 or V750 so I can digitise all my 35 mm stock print/neg/slide.

I have some time on my hands, but am the carer to my invalid wife (also a pensioner).

I welcome helpful hints and questions.

If I can be of assistance, please ask