I spent a lot of years trying to get the kind of landscape prints I wanted from 35mm and a wide variety of materials, including spending a lot of time with Tech Pan film. The first time I looked through a ground glass I knew that this was something I had to know more about and the first time I fixed perspective with camera movements, I knew this was for me.

That said, I have a Rolleiflex New Standard dating from 1939 which I dearly, dearly love and my dream 35mm camera, a Maxxum 800si, which thanks to digital I was finally able to afford a few years ago. In fact, the local astronomy club's star party is this weekend (I'm just home to shower and change clothes,) and I'm taking the Minolta back to the party with me to grab some "telescope porn" portraits.

Mike