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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-11-2014, 10:36 PM
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I am almost angry with myself for investing in 35mm film gear. The lenses are good, but I really do not need 4 lenses for each of my two digital Pentax bodies. I got a Holga 120 camera, did not care for the lack of control. Then I got a Lubitel 166 TLR, and I liked the pictures, but the mechanism is just clumsy as hell. Then I got a Moscow 5, which shoots 6x9 on 120 film, and THAT was delicious!
I left the Holga on a shelf when I moved, hope someone uses it, but I won't.
Sold the Lubitel for about half of what I paid.
Broke the Moscow shutter trying to change shutter speed.
Got a Yashica TLR 6x6 D model, and I absolutely LOVE that camera, after I did a CLA and custom recover and paint.
I also got a 6x9 folding Agfa Billy Record II which I will love as soon as the bellows is replaced.
The point is that the 6x6 and 6x9 120 formats generally have a single lens choice, and for making a shot work, this is the epitome of photography.
Using what you have to get the image you want. Not swapping gear out, but using what you have. Thinking it through, making it count.
Good luck!
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