Originally posted by gwellington:
You'll like the MD-12; I've had mine for about 20 years--they're pretty reliable and don't eat batteries nearly as fast as you'd expect. I do a fair amount of medium (Rolleiflex) and large-format photography. It's cool when rookies with their new Nikon F5's see me under my black focusing cloth working with my 4x5 and ask if it's an antique. When I show them that's it's a current camera with a 150mm multicoated Nikkor, they get very confused....
4x5. That was my most difficult photo class in college. Ever heard of the zone system? Light meter batteries die when talk of it comes up.
I love my Pentax K1000. Fully manual is the only way. I'd really like to invest in a Rolli some day. Hopefully I'll have a house soon so I can build a dark room and get back into B&W. I use a Sony Mavica for my digitals.
