In 1988, I signed up for a photo class at high school. My dad was sort of an enthusiast at the time, so he encouraged it by buying me a Spotmatic with 2 or 3 lenses. I used it for a number of years but didn't take it with me to college and so my little sister started using it. Then she took it to Patagonia and left it on a train or in a taxi on the way back home. I've had a number of cameras since but always had fond memories of the Spotmatic. So I got another one.
This one is a Honeywell where my old one was an Asahi. I think there are slight differences but it's been a while. I have:
Super Takumar 55/1.8
Super Takumar 28/3.5
I'm shooting a variety of film:
Fujia Superia for color shots (some is expired; I troll around on eBay with the goal of spending $1/roll; for some reason so far it's all been Fuji)
Kodak BW400CN and Ilford XP2 Super for C41 B&W (a local camera store will develop for $3/roll, and I have a film scanner)
Kodak T-Max because it's what I used in the 80s
And then I found my old bulk load cassettes that we used in school so I bought a loader that came with film in it; I got about 14 rolls out of that (some are 12 exp so I don't ruin too much with my developing skills)
And once I get my developing routine going I have a 100ft roll of Arista.edu in the freezer, and I will probably try some Orwo at some point also.
Enough of that, here's a picture of the new camera:
Ran the first roll through it today, it felt very familiar. However the viewfinder seemed a bit grainy, which I don't remember from before. Will bear watching.
And FWIW, I post my good shots here on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/119808237@N06/