Last week I treated myself to a new toy from eBay – a Baldalux 6x9cm folding camera. I've run a couple of films throught it and am awaiting the results with much curiosity (mainly because I could barely see what I was shooting. I'd heard that using these cameras was something of a 'Zen' experience – and I now know what the writer meant!).
Having had a couple of e-mail conversations with the seller, where I needed to ask such basic questions as, 'Umm, how do I fold it back down again...?', I then received a further e-mail from him, saying that seeing as I was obviously a film camera fan, he was putting an Agfa Isolette II and little Gossen lightmeter in the post to me, free of charge! You could have knocked me down with a roll of APX 100.
The items duly arrived today, look beautiful, and I can't wait to get a few films through the camera.
I just thought I'd share this lovely story with you. I now feel I need to do a good deed for someone else in return, to keep the momentum going. And I'm beginning to wonder what might happen if I buy something else. Perhaps a Hasselblad XPan might suddenly be pushed through my letterbox...
