Re: I'm one happy guy!

[Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Tom Deering wrote:
>
>> Oh, there's one inconvenient thing I can think of.  Only 12 shots on a
>> roll.  I can't say I'm thrilled with that.  Otherwise, I've found my medium.
>
>You mean six, right?

No, 12 pairs.  The film runs vertically, not horizontally.

>I still use my Realist, or my Revere, for snapshots of friends, travel shots,
>etc.  But I often take my Spud along too for the occasional really good
>subject.  The Realist cameras are great for a day walking around: with the
>camera hanging from a strap over my shoulder and an extra roll of film in my
>pocket I'm good for all day.  Carrying the Spud means lugging the camera bag.

Yeah, I understand.  I don't take snapshots much anymore.  I still have a
Kodak Stereo in my camera bag.  But I hesitate to drag it out.  I've found
my self wondering, if it's not an important enough shot to make a nice MF
slide, is it important enough to take at all? I have hundreds of lackluster
5 perf slides I don't like enough to bother mounting.  I'd rather have a
couple dozen nice ones.

The color and compostion are fine, but I don't want to show them to
friends, and I don't want to look at them myself.  It's like coming to the
realization that you have spent the summer using a disk camera.  :^)

I discovered another cool thing about MF.  I can load the two film strips
into my Saturn viewer, still in the plastic sleeves, and see all sixteen in
a row without mounting.  No more mounting only to find some blemish.  I
just thread the strips side-by-side between the wood and the diffuser.
It's slick.

And I tried mounting a superslide.  The GEPE mounts work okay.  Would be
easier if I had some kind of cutter.  I'll mount a few more and put them in
with my GEPE mounted 5 perf slides.  Just to see if anyone notices.  :^)

Cheers,

Tom