Rick58
Been spending a lot of time on here!
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I may have to delete my eBay account for my own well being. I was paging through the Nikon film camera's and came upon a really nice F3 body, very reasonable and it was in my home town!...Couldn't resist...Sold! Kind'a nice transaction because I just met the guy down the road about a mile for the hand off.
Ok... not so bad. Still able to put square pegs in square holes.
Next night, again paging through Satan's Photo Center, somehow I came across a Tiltall tripod. I had one of these back in the 70's! They aren't fancy, but they're rock solid and built like a tank...Sold. Heck, for a second I thought I was 20 again.
Took my temperature, all's well. Went to bed.
Next night: So this is where I really go bonkers. As a younger lad, I used to know a photographer who had a Graphic 45 View Camera in his studio. A real beast, but for whatever reason, I really loved that camera. One day it went up for sale. I was a young father / husband and broke, so it was gone. Well, there on eBay, sits this sorrowful relic, looking for a last-chance home. Really rough. I inquired about the bellows which were fine (according to the seller). I made a ridiculous offer, and it was mine. My plan is to turn it into a project camera. Strip everything down to the bare castings and rebuild / repaint it piece by piece. Maybe start a project thread and photograph my progress.
There you have it. A tale of a weak man. End result:
My wife is happy and says it's better then a red convertable sportcar and young women.
The Linhof says it refuses to slum it by living in the same closet as the Graphic view.
Now if I could only shoot a single frame of film again.
Ok... not so bad. Still able to put square pegs in square holes.
Next night, again paging through Satan's Photo Center, somehow I came across a Tiltall tripod. I had one of these back in the 70's! They aren't fancy, but they're rock solid and built like a tank...Sold. Heck, for a second I thought I was 20 again.
Took my temperature, all's well. Went to bed.
Next night: So this is where I really go bonkers. As a younger lad, I used to know a photographer who had a Graphic 45 View Camera in his studio. A real beast, but for whatever reason, I really loved that camera. One day it went up for sale. I was a young father / husband and broke, so it was gone. Well, there on eBay, sits this sorrowful relic, looking for a last-chance home. Really rough. I inquired about the bellows which were fine (according to the seller). I made a ridiculous offer, and it was mine. My plan is to turn it into a project camera. Strip everything down to the bare castings and rebuild / repaint it piece by piece. Maybe start a project thread and photograph my progress.
There you have it. A tale of a weak man. End result:
My wife is happy and says it's better then a red convertable sportcar and young women.
The Linhof says it refuses to slum it by living in the same closet as the Graphic view.
Now if I could only shoot a single frame of film again.
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