JJeffrey
21-May-2011, 21:25
This is a belated introduction, in a way. I was active here three or four years back under a different handle. I'm back again under my real name for another try. I see what folks mean when they refer to this forum as group therapy.
I got my hands on some very nice gear back then, before Ebay degenerated so dramatically. Life's little circumstances have prevented me from using any of it up till now. That's so ridiculous that I'm trying to break the block any way I can.
Meeting some Manitoba LF people would be a big help! I haven't noticed anyone yet, though Alberta seems to have quite a few. I particularly need to know where to go for film, paper and chemistry, to get the best deal and service. Not that there are that many Canadian possibilities, but still enough to make me wonder who's worth bothering with and whom to pass by.
Like many here, I'm a geezer, 66 years old. I learned LF as a high school kid, shooting a Crown Graphic on a local daily newspaper and humping a Burke & James 4x5 heavy wooden folder around the back roads. In younger days I shot everything from 8mm Minox to 8x10, with a lot of 35mm and 6x6cm in between, but the LF fascination was what has stuck with me in the end.
Are there any forum members here from Manitoba or even eastern Saskatchewan? I surely could use some fellowship and encouragement. Getting started again is going to be a challenge; but I'll say more about that in the other forums.
I got my hands on some very nice gear back then, before Ebay degenerated so dramatically. Life's little circumstances have prevented me from using any of it up till now. That's so ridiculous that I'm trying to break the block any way I can.
Meeting some Manitoba LF people would be a big help! I haven't noticed anyone yet, though Alberta seems to have quite a few. I particularly need to know where to go for film, paper and chemistry, to get the best deal and service. Not that there are that many Canadian possibilities, but still enough to make me wonder who's worth bothering with and whom to pass by.
Like many here, I'm a geezer, 66 years old. I learned LF as a high school kid, shooting a Crown Graphic on a local daily newspaper and humping a Burke & James 4x5 heavy wooden folder around the back roads. In younger days I shot everything from 8mm Minox to 8x10, with a lot of 35mm and 6x6cm in between, but the LF fascination was what has stuck with me in the end.
Are there any forum members here from Manitoba or even eastern Saskatchewan? I surely could use some fellowship and encouragement. Getting started again is going to be a challenge; but I'll say more about that in the other forums.