Broken Mamiya = Broken Heart
The previous post was via the wordpress app on my iPhone, so now I know it works, yippee!
Now for a little rant. I was in major crisis mode last night when I loaded a fresh roll into my Mamiya (which had been sitting neatly in my cabinet, untouched, for about six months now) and found that the shutter wasn’t releasing and that auto-focus wasn’t going. Yikes!
After about an hour of sweaty, exasperatingly useless fumbling and lots of googling, I finally got it checked out by a local camera guy who confirmed that a little dooby inside was broken (hence the funny whirring noises and error messages), and that it would take 4-5 weeks for a replacement part to arrive from Japan.
I think I heard my heart crack a little then. I’ve been so excited about shooting medium format for this trip, even laying down the dosh for 75 rolls of Provia 400X. I had envisioned the entire trip framed in 645, a beautiful ratio, and now I have to start thinking in 35mm, which is longer than I prefer.
So I’ll now be taking my Canon digital setup, at least it’ll be easier workflow-wise….
…cry…
…and what am I going to do with 75 rolls of Provia 400X?!
