Saturday, December 1, 2012
Confessions of a Camera-holic
I've officially lost my mind. I bought my 30th camera this week (25th film one at that). This is my new (to me) Asahi Pentax 6x7 medium format SLR, with 105mm f/2.4 and 165mm f/2.8 lenses). It's a beauty - I'm going to borrow a description from that Chinese newspaper/ The Onion's declaration of Kim Jong Un as Sexiest Man Alive - and say that this beast is 'Devastatingly Handsome.' You don't get a true sense of scale from looking at these photos but it's a tank, weighing in at over 5.5lbs (and a bit heavier when mounted with the 165mm f/2.8 lens). When the shutter is fired, the mirror slap sound is like cocking a shotgun on steroids. Oh the glorious photo adventures we will go on.
![Asahi Pentax 6x7-4](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uth4XNJXOdJd7xgq35uY8anbGB3vvCPwc2oNYNBMqwcULrf1HJBp4xTsi8up8cRqaVgLO1vMkY8pIWDW40i_4UnZQfvuBLSsU5kwdkmI9M_E-hV19Bjxkxl3GosxJ7=s0-d)
![Asahi Pentax 6x7](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_voSKzhEBmDDsqAXatrWc8dJ-gEBGy6ytzi5KcQxNDdx32jKf8bq_3M0Q058wSUlWnwDYOVITI1p3OctZPl9KetVwDEk47uoe8ZtluDGADhRkLSuPeGlY4YBBoMSFBq=s0-d)
![Asahi Pentax 6x7-2](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v0yarMnB07dXaZ_Ahp8qG7XR9YqjT0VgKni0wht1q4-_3B9BGPNrYDyZqZT5s2ppyYBUK7DDUnCmCFbYrSPUvkhRHjuX970aHoXAHJjOja_yjLxpDiYsbpW1mLIk_o=s0-d)
![Asahi Pentax 6x7-3](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tlS_fcT2UzbJ92KYeOxwQH0zpenS51RedAuDbmw3xWXpMCLw-KSW9yF-7mzoxI5WhlXyWPbtTaimaLXggH35fW5pa49-r7OERutsXZf3LRBJ0ma4-tDFyO2VZcqPJDlw=s0-d)
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