Today is a momentus day ..... I was given the camera of my dreams, no not a Canon 5D or a Nikon D3 ... It's a Pentax MX 35mm film SLR from the 70's that originally belonged to my dad who was clearing some stuff out at the weekend and asked if I wanted it otherwise he was going to put it on eBay for £20! Ever since I was a little kid I have wanted that camera so I didn't need much convincing. Along with the camera I got a Pentax 50mm f1.7 SMC-M Prime lens, Makinnon 50mm f8 mirror lens, Vivitar 70-210 zoom lens, rolls and rolls of film and a load of remote shutter cables etc

So far Ive managed to shoot my way through two films which will be dropped off for processing tonight. I can only imagine how many disasterous shots I will find .... think Ive been relying on autofocus and the digital safety net for too long and it's both equally frustrating and fun at the same time to be forced to manually focus and set the camera corectly. After two rolls of film I feel I am a better photographer already! The proof will be in the photos though!

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