>> And you still want to sell that?
>> Lie down and place a cold compress on your forehead until you regain your senses.
Thanks Mike. Actually... this did kind of turn me around. Perhaps I can justify it by keeping one as a collector's piece and the other as a USER.
>> Very nice. I like it.
>> Do you develop and print the films yourself, or is this the work of a photo service?
>> It all looks VERY good to me, the camera is from a good vintage. It is as old as I am
>> Newer is not always better I assume.
Thanks Bert. Nope... I do not develop color. I've toyed with B&W... have some tanks now and a changing bag. I am waiting to finish my basement to do it right. I have an enlarger of Dad's of the same vintage as this camera that's in really great shape.
Fuji Reala is C-41, so I took it to the local Ritz. On this one I told them not to mess with the exposure at all because I wanted to see just what the camera was doing all by its lonesome. . That's going to be my new standard for film... HANDS OFF!
I was born in 1960, so I agree with your comment about vintage. The first camera Dad gave me was his Asahi AP that he had used on the Newark News. By then he was using a Spotmatic (which I inherited when he went to Nikon). He made it clear that he felt a lot of reverence for that camera. I still remember him pulling it out and the way he said.. ."This is an __Asahi__ Pentax..."
I learned how to shoot film on that old camera. Took pictures all over the world with it. Another good reason not to sell this one.
Best,
woof!