Hello from Derbyshire.

[Rob.B]

Hello all.

Just joined after poking about as a guest for a while. In just coming up to 51 and loved photography when I was younger but stopped put it all slowed down and eventually stopped in the early to mid eighties.

My interest revived with a 3Mp point and click to go to Greece with in 03, then it was down hill. The 3mp became a Canon 10D which has changed over time to a more modern 40D for nature work, but the real slide began when I got my T70 35mm repaired and serviced. Whilst waiting for it to return I picked up a Mamiya 6x6 C330, then a 645 and a Pentax 67.

You can see where this is going, so Mrs B said only one more and thats it! So my last camera is a Garaflex View camera (£100 at an animal charity sale) 4 double sided slides (cost me an extra £5.00) with a Carl Zeiss 185mm f4.5 in a Compur Shutter, I have spent 2 months stripping it down and cleaning it, the monorail is due back this week (aluminium welds required to the tripod mount) but it's a pretty thing all silver with red bellows and I can't wait to use it.

So I have no idea how to load film, but I am well founded in technicalities of photography, so get ready for some daft, and pretty obvious (to you LF users) questions.

Rob.

[Joanna Carter]

So my last camera is ...

Yeah, right. You obviously haven't seen an Ebony yet

a Garaflex View camera (£100 at an animal charity sale) 4 double sided slides (cost me an extra £5.00) with a Carl Zeiss 185mm f4.5 in a Compur Shutter, I have spent 2 months stripping it down and cleaning it, the monorail is due back this week (aluminium welds required to the tripod mount) but it's a pretty thing all silver with red bellows and I can't wait to use it.

Well, at least you'll have a reason for using a digital - to take a couple of pictures of this work of art, to post here, when its done.

So I have no idea how to load film, but I am well founded in technicalities of photography, so get ready for some daft, and pretty obvious (to you LF users) questions.

There's no such thing as a daft question, you are very welcome to ask whatever you need here.

And, you would be very welcome to join the bunch of us who live in the Northwest, when we go walkabout; in fact, when you are ready to learn how to use your "last" camera, just post a message and I'm sure we could arrange a day out in your area.

[Rob.B]

So my last camera is ...

Yeah, right. You obviously haven't seen an Ebony yet

Yes I have, but at the moment I can't afford one!!!!!

I love older cameras and the challenge of getting a great image out of them, mostly I fail but I love trying. It's even better if I have had to do some work on the beast, as it makes the final image all that more worth while.

Rob.