Too many projects, too little time

Right after I switched back to Nikon, I somehow thought I could keep my Canon A2 with EF 50/1.4 but that didn’t happen. The lens got sold like a hot cake and I just could not help looking for a film body. Drooled at some craigslist ads for F100 at $200 and N90s for $125. Then saw a sweet F3HP+50/1.8E deal and thought that could heal my regrets over the FM3a I sold a few months earlier.

Went to check out the F3HP and lo and behold, neither the meter worked nor I could trip the shutter. Didn’t even like the narrow focus ring of the MF 50mm f/1.8 Series E. It didn’t disappoint me as much as it should have since deep in my mind I knew I was more inclined to try out medium format film in parallel to my digital workflow.

As luck would have it (or destiny), an RB67 with 3 lenses in a terrific deal was just a few miles away. The seller, a harley rider, had a room full of older manual Canon bodies. The RB67 was old but everything seemed to check out ok. The deal included the Mamiya Sekor 90/3.8, 250/4.5 and 360/6.3 lenses, 120 back, prism viewer, pistol grip and a cable release.

The magic with larger formats is that one automatically tends to be hyperselective. I have seen that happen with the hasselblad I rented. Took me several hours to finish a roll of 120 film. Looking forward to times like that, and to be able to print without waste of paper like when printing from a square format.