I think photography is a bit different. I had a (Phillips?) breadboard toy back in the mid 60s which gave you some transistors, capacitors, resistors and such,

I think photography is a bit different. I had a (Phillips?) breadboard toy back in the mid 60s which gave you some transistors, capacitors, resistors and such, and allowed you to build simple things like amplifiers, moisture detectors, and so on. But it never really taught me anything about electronics. Whereas when I got my hands on a camera, I immediately got a pretty good idea about optics, and when I started developing my own photos I had a pretty good understanding of the chemistry involved. But perhaps that's just me - I'm more a chemistry person. After my O-level results came out (1969) my physics teacher came up to me and said "I cannot believe you have passed!", whereas my chemistry teacher said "I was expecting a better result than that!" Make of that what you will.