I have my back-up Pentacon Six TL on ebay at the moment. Carl Ziess lens.
See shots from it on my website.
Really Great value for almost no money
(I did a bad thing too - making up now by trying to get a little money for
*ist D body)


Jens Bladt
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http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt


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Fra: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 23. februar 2004 22:44
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Emne: OT: I did a bad thing


I got tired of seeing those rolls of 120 film in my fridge, taunting
me ever since the 1939 Agfa box camera my girlfriend loaned me was
stolen in November along with so much other gear.

I decided I needed to teach that taunting 120 film a lesson by exposing
it to light.  No more will it mock me once it has seen the light!

So I bought a Holga.


I showed the Holga to one of the fellows who works at one of the labs
I use, and he said, "What the Hell did you do _that_ for?"

"Because I can't afford the medium format camera I really want.
The camera I really want costs more than I've ever paid for a
car."

By now two other folks in the lab were listening.

"What camera do you want?"

"A Pentax 67II," I replied.

"Oh, well who _doesn't_ want that?"

The others present nodded their heads in agreement.


So far I've taught a few rolls of film their lesson.  At a
friend's wedding.  I'm looking forward to finding out just
how bad^H^H^H uh, "idiosyncratic" the Holga really is.

I was amused when I noticed that the store where I bought the
Holga marks them "As is -- no returns".  But they did have a
sheet of tips (both sides of an 8.5x11 page) to go with the
camera.

I have been naughty.  Twenty dollars worth of naughty.  I have
a Holga.

                                        -- Glenn

PS:  Obviously I've never bought a car that was anywhere near
new.  And I've probably paid more for a car than I could find
a 67 or 67II body for on eBay if I wait long enough.  But it's
still a valid commentary on the price of a 67II + lens + finder
relative to my budget.



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