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Fantastic looking set. There was and is nothing like Alpa. Is the camera allowed to sleep in your bed?
 
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Thanks, Schaubild. It gets babied a little ;) My Dad bought this one new from Alpa when I was a wee tot. He gave it to me and I was planning to use it as my "workhorse" body; fortunately before I inflicted any harm upon it a friend gave me an Alpa reference book and there I discovered its rarity -- it was "Yikes!" what am I going to do with this now? I still use it often, just a little more mindful of being careful with it. I bought a 10d to use as the "beater," which sounds awful but Alpas are tough cameras.
 
D2: Wow! Beautiful camera, and Apochromat 100mm F2! When did that lens come out? Apochromats are a feat in lens calculation and optical glass/crystal.
 
Thank you, guys. The lens had a twenty year run from 1960 to 1980; I first used one in high school and was smitten (the shrewd owner of the local camera shop lent one to me, and then offered easy payment terms, but I still couldn't afford it:D). Please forgive me, but non-camera friends don't understand and this has been my most important and lengthy quest for one piece of gear; I appreciate the forum obliging me this moment, thank you kindly :angel:
 
How about a little Alpa shrine at home? Some cameras, lenses, old advertisements... lit by candles. That should make it very clear to everyone non-camera interested that the cameras are special :)
 
That is what I call a camera. Im not sure if its good for portraits since it has such an intimidating look to it. It looks like if it rolled over it could kill someone, heh.
 
Very nice photo Kris.

Of special interest is the Pratt and Whitney coffee mug in the background. P&W, part of United Technologies, is headquartered, along with UT, here in Connecticut. In fact, P&W donated the land which was their on site airport to the state so that a stadium for the University of Connecticut football team could be built.

I have not been to many airshows in my life, but the most memorable one was when I was in my early 20s. I was dating a young lady who lived in the next town over, and early one morning I was sitting in her back yard and thought I was going to die as an F 16 appeared out of nowhere, did a roll and loop seemingly right on top of me. Once I figured out what was going on I sat back and enjoyed the show.
 
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Not a rangefinder but please indulge me a moment -- I want to celebrate with friends that understand "obsession." After years of searching I finally found this lens and hood -- it's a little bittersweet to no longer be on the hunt. This is one of 748 lenses made, a 100mm f/2 Kinoptik Apochromatic; mounted on an Alpa 6b black body, one of only 43 produced. No reason to go to eBay anymore :) :(
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Absolutely beautiful!!! The lines are elagent. The collors are so pure it makes the eyes hurt. Sutlle curves and joining of the parts that bespeak of craftsmanship not often seen. The soft brown makes one's mouth water in anticipation. I'm impressed.

By the way, the camera and lens look nice too.


:D :D Sorry couldn't resist. That is indeed an impressive set (the camera, lens and hood). I know what you mean about wanting something for a long time, and finally getting it. There is great satisfaction in that, and those who haven't been on such a quest can never know it. You are blessed in that.
 
That's it. It was early in the morning. If she lived in another town how come you were relaxing in her back yard so early in the morning? ;)
 
Do you mean arrived, or woke up?

It was really amazing, I was at the southern end of the plane's areobatic patterns. With perfect female manners of course, she quickly explained that this happened every 2 years, then went back inside totally uninterested. 2 years later my father got passes to the VIP tent at the show and we shared a buffet with the pilots. They parked their aircraft, and walked right into the tent like nothing exciting had happened at all.
 
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