Small But Lingering Regrets
Jan. 15th, 2011 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deirdreSome years ago, I had a Mamiya 6 medium format camera. I sold it after my first husband's death in the "if it's not nailed down, sell it before you move across country" phase.
While I definitely needed the money at the time, I truly regret selling it; it had been with me through living in New York (where I bought it), New Jersey, North Carolina, and Vermont, but never made it with me to California.
I only ever had one lens for it; the 75mm "normal" lens. They only ever made three lenses, so it was nice in that there was an upper limit to how much one could spend on the camera.
Still, it's one of the nicest looking cameras I've seen. In photos, it looks like a much smaller camera than it actually is. It's medium format, but very compact for one.
I don't miss film -- not at all -- though I'm aware that film can still do better than digital in many cases. But I do miss this camera. It'd be nice to know someone who had one, just so I could have some time holding it now and again. Kind of like other people's kitties.
There's one cool thing about film you don't get (or don't get frequently) with digital: surprise. It's like packing up a moment and re-discovering it all over again when you see the result.
(Photo credit: Giant Ginkgo on Flickr)
While I definitely needed the money at the time, I truly regret selling it; it had been with me through living in New York (where I bought it), New Jersey, North Carolina, and Vermont, but never made it with me to California.
I only ever had one lens for it; the 75mm "normal" lens. They only ever made three lenses, so it was nice in that there was an upper limit to how much one could spend on the camera.
Still, it's one of the nicest looking cameras I've seen. In photos, it looks like a much smaller camera than it actually is. It's medium format, but very compact for one.
I don't miss film -- not at all -- though I'm aware that film can still do better than digital in many cases. But I do miss this camera. It'd be nice to know someone who had one, just so I could have some time holding it now and again. Kind of like other people's kitties.
There's one cool thing about film you don't get (or don't get frequently) with digital: surprise. It's like packing up a moment and re-discovering it all over again when you see the result.
(Photo credit: Giant Ginkgo on Flickr)