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Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mama Mamiya! Sophia and me!
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:17:31 -0500
Nice kit!  Clearly one of the benefits of the 'digital revolution' is
the free fall of prices for MF (Medium Format AND Manual Focus) gear. 
I have to fight the 'justbuyit' reflex a lot these days.

Viva Sophia!

:)/ScottGee1


On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:47:46 +0000, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yesterday I developed, and this morning, after overnight drying (of both it 
> and me), examined with 8x and 20x loupes the two rolls of Efke 25 film I used 
> to take test shots with the new-to-me "old" Mamiya RB67 Pro-S and the five 
> new-to-me LN Mamiya-Sekor C lenses: 50/4.5, 90/3.8, 127/3.8, 140/4.5 Macro, 
> and 180/4.5.
> 
> AFAIK, this is the finest-grained B&W film in the world, being the old Adox 
> KB-14 forumla.  The closer I look and the more I try to find something to 
> nit-pick in these negatives, the happier I get.  This is one helluva outfit, 
> and it cost me less than $1500!  I'm as happy as a corn-fed boar hog 
> belly-deep in warm mud being wallowed on by a herd of very attractive (to a 
> hog) in-season sows.
> 
> Like Sophia Loren, the years have been much more than kind to my new Mama 
> Mamiya.  I think I'll celebrate by digging out the DVD and watching "Grumpier 
> Old Men" again.  I love it when Sophia says, "I'd rather kiss a moose's 
> butt!"  I wonder if that gets our Moose worked up too.
> 
> This is going to be a fun Spring!
> 
> Walt
> 
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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