Cameras

Sometime back lucked out for 10 bucks at a pawn shop with a genuine all mechanical Chinon CM-4s with a Rikenon 70-150mm (with Macro) lens. Works like a dream. Tested it out with three rolls and all shots came out good (despite being hand held even down to really slow shutter speeds). Only stops down to F4, so am hoping to pick up a really wide lens one of these days and see what it delivers.

Next thing I knew I'd gotten the bug. Picked up a Miranda D (1960) from Bolton from a Polish estate dealer. It's in good working condition. Have to test it with a roll sometime soon. Probably will have to do daylight only as it doesn't have a built in meter. However it qualifies as a genuine historical artefact :) So this set me back like 200 bucks though (but that's including a Tamron for the Nikon and a Sigma lens for a Konica as well.

Also picked up two Lomo LC-As both this time mail ordered via the net from Ukraine. One landed with a broken rewinder, but otherwise both seem in good working condition. Again need to be tested with rolls really soon, like when I finally get some time. This one set me back two c's as well.

Had also earlier picked up the medium format Mamiya 645 1000S with the 120 and 220 backs. This was about 800 bucks with a 500 mm zoom lens, and a 80mm prime. Although I'd bought it with the intention of turning a profit by selling it on ebay, now I'm kinda wondering why not hang on to it and shoot some nifty portraits while I'm at it. It's not like it will devalue anytime soon or anything.

In case anybody is wondering I'd signed up for a film photography course but that got cancelled due to lack of students. So invested the money in equipment by picking up a Nikon N70 for like 100bucks. And of course reading up on cameras got me hooked, one thing led to the other, and before I knew it I'd blown another couple of grand on the above plus some lenses for them all. Welcome to my world of hell for leather going for broke. Now I have to find a way to pay off all that credit card debt *sigh*

All this is additon to the beginner stuff I already have including the N70, the Canon EOS 300 both film, and the Fuji Finepix F30 plus the Nikon D40X.

So even if I'm not like a real photographer as yet, the motivation is definitely there now

Check this space sometime not soon. Hopefully there's a payoff in all of this :)