Well, remember this? ... I loved this little camera ...
Shortly after Xmarse I was trying to repair the umpteenth pinhole in the bellows (new ones appeared every time I opened the damn thing) when - possessing as I do all the patience of an overtired toddler - I managed to wreck them beyond repair.
So, I searched the interwebs high and low, and decided that the MF bug had bitten me so hard the itch could only be soothed by a Proper Camera ... so in the first week of January, this landed on my doorstep ...
Isn't she beautiful? Oh yes, a bit heavy, a bit boxy ... a bit noisy ... but ... so beautiful ... and that lens ...
One roll later I found a significant mechanical fault and back she went almost the same day ... but I'd actually owned a Hasselblad for 24 hours ...
But I had to have a MF camera, and I can't bear the thought of a TLR, so in a moment of uncharacteristic compromise, I got myself this little beauty ... well, "little" is a trifle kind ...
Not quite compact enough to slip into a pocket, and it's a 645 rather than a 6x6 so you don't (quite) get the same magical MF look to the negatives, but it's pretty sharp, is a rangefinder and has a decent meter (+O- led type) ... also the focusing tab isn't quite in the right place for me ... but it's very light and Takes A Nice Snap ...
I still think there is another 500CM in my future though ... but perhaps that's the same sort of fantasy as wanting to believe Sofia Helin will fall in love with me and marry me ...
Shortly after Xmarse I was trying to repair the umpteenth pinhole in the bellows (new ones appeared every time I opened the damn thing) when - possessing as I do all the patience of an overtired toddler - I managed to wreck them beyond repair.
So, I searched the interwebs high and low, and decided that the MF bug had bitten me so hard the itch could only be soothed by a Proper Camera ... so in the first week of January, this landed on my doorstep ...
Isn't she beautiful? Oh yes, a bit heavy, a bit boxy ... a bit noisy ... but ... so beautiful ... and that lens ...
One roll later I found a significant mechanical fault and back she went almost the same day ... but I'd actually owned a Hasselblad for 24 hours ...
But I had to have a MF camera, and I can't bear the thought of a TLR, so in a moment of uncharacteristic compromise, I got myself this little beauty ... well, "little" is a trifle kind ...
Not quite compact enough to slip into a pocket, and it's a 645 rather than a 6x6 so you don't (quite) get the same magical MF look to the negatives, but it's pretty sharp, is a rangefinder and has a decent meter (+O- led type) ... also the focusing tab isn't quite in the right place for me ... but it's very light and Takes A Nice Snap ...
I still think there is another 500CM in my future though ... but perhaps that's the same sort of fantasy as wanting to believe Sofia Helin will fall in love with me and marry me ...