
Anyway, that died, so I ended up with the Canon rangefinder. My dad did not really have a choice, because what I was really interested in was the Pentax Spotmatic kit lurking in his closet. Since he did not want to entrust that to me and I complained to high heavens how heavy the Minolta was, I ended getting the Canon for my use.
It was handy and gave me a little more freedom than the SRT-101. My landscapes improved as well as my proto-street photography as I stole shots in high school. The Datematic, however with its fixed wide angle lens limited any portraiture forays (which would be soon needed if I were to make any impression on the girls).
The holy grail was ultimately the Pentax Spotmatic and its set of glorious lenses. I would eventually get my hands on them by my senior year. In the meantime, I manage to get attention with the Datematic allowing me to be part of the school paper making my dad proud enough to let me have the Pentax.

CANON DATEMATIC (see the imprinted date?)
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