Hi,
I just found this old Fujica STX-1 model 2 months ago after my mom cleaned up the store. It was my late father’s camera. I’ve been trying looking for it but no success at all. Lucky my mom did. The camera was under production somewhere around late 70’s and early 80’s. I knew that my father likes photography but he hasn’t talk about it seriously. Maybe he could not see any of his kids getting into photography as a hobby or a career may be.
Somehow, when I bought first digital compact camera Canon A400, he seems very happy about it. He couldn’t resist looking and playing with it. He also bought our first good color printer, Canon IP2000 that costs around RM400.
There’s something about my father that I realised after he passed away two years ago. He seldom talks about his hobby…wait…no..he hasn’t mentioned any of it. Me and my brother always talk about cars. I still can remember that every evening, when both of us had a knowledge sharing and talked about cars, he will be there and quietly listened to our talks. Sometimes, he gave his ideas but it was only in small portion.
My sister told me that father loves photography very much. He will not leave home without his camera, place it under the car seat and shoot whenever there’s a good subject. Before I bought my first DSLR (nikon D70s), I had mentioned to him that I want to buy a dslr. He agreed with a bunch of moral support all the way. But it was somewhere around 2-3 months before he passed away. I was sad and dissapointed that I couldn’t share with him my new camera. If he’s still alive, we both might be sharing our photography knowledge, going for outdoor shooting, print the photo, frame and be proud of it. And we might have our photo together holding slr too.
Now, father has gone. The only thing that I still regret until now is that we talk less. Not like other father and son discussions (you know what I mean). But I know that father will be happy and proud. I will keep his SLR as one of his greatest support and precious treasure for me…thank you Baba.
Love,
Wan Zulhamli Bin Wan Abdul Rahman
fuh..penuh emosi aku baca cerita ko ni…i feel your loss in the story….semoga rohnya ditempatkan di kalangan orang2 yg beriman..amin!
The best things in life aren’t things…its memories that we hold….:)
like father like son zoul
Al fatihah to Baba Long
al fatihah..
sedih lak bc citer ko ni..
aku still ada abah aku tapi kitaorg memg jarang berckp..
ada isu antara kitaorg berdua ni..
tah la,kdg2 aku rasa tawar ati dgn abh aku..
xpatut kan aku rasa mcm 2…
[...] Tata : Abah Wak Ju : Dad’s Old Camera [...]
Rasa macam nak patah balik je kat masa tu so that kita boleh enjoy saat-saat dgn abah kita. tapi tau semua tu tak leh berlaku. apapun kita cuma boleh redha dan relakan semua tu pergi, dengan itu kita akan rasa aman.
selamat hari raya.
Yam : Thanks sbb susah2 je taruk link aku direct kat page ko. terharu siot…sob sob sob.
Nozery : Yep…memories is the one that holding us…
lia : yep…I own some of his character.
Abg Fadzli : Bro..thanks for dropping by. Al-fatihah utk babalong. Thanks for the al-fatihah
callister : apepon yg jadi, die tetap ayah. salah atau silap tu kebiasaan manusia. InsyaAllah, pasti akan ade care utk rapat semula. Aku doakan…
tata : yep. aku pernah terpk mcm tu. Kalau die ade lg sure aku akan sangat menghargai die. Masa aku mandikan arwah ayah aku dulu, sebak je rase. Sbb kecik2 die mandikan kite, peluk cium sayang bagai sume. Tapi bile aku dah besar, jangankan gurau senda gelak besar, peluk cium pon jarang. Terasa sgt terkilan. tapi tu semua dah berlalu. Selagi mana ada org yg kite sayangi, tunjukkanlah rasa sayang.
huhu..
bgus2 doakan yek..
weh bukan main smart lagi gmbr avatar ko tuh..
callister…hahaha…ade2 je ko…smart dan ayu..hahaha