dee
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I have an autisic glitch , like a scared kid surrounded by grown ups , so i am ever agonising about ''why '' I do stuff , is it from the'' ASdee '' , or just OK
i seem to like to gather lots of different pretend ''Leicas '' - Fed / Zorki 1 , and Zorki S in '' re-invented '' styles . Though i am all too aware that this is disrepectfull to the Russian history , I have a similar dee's-placement in a confusing world .
... but the '' standard '' cameras that I love to surround and ground me , that also seem ''right '' are the Fed 2 versions , which is great , 'cos they are cheap to buy .
i am awaiting a collection of Fed 1 / Zorki 1 / Zorki S , zorki 2 S / FEd 2 b from one seller in near mint , restored ? , condition , simply 'cos they all have the same recovering , so are like '' a set '' , and that's OK !
I have ''dee-ficulty with Cyrillic script , so the Leica engraved cameras are less '' dee-sturbing , '' but I also love all the diferent finishes .
Oddly , I will choose a Zorki or Fed [ or two / three ] rather than a serviced , therefore trustwothy , Leica IIIc to keep with me - more as a comfort / familiarity thing than for taking pictures .
I have to deliberately focus upon going out to look for things to capture - usually bits of buildings , it takes some effort to focus through the chaos , and the ritual of these '' sqinty '' little cameras seems to calm me somehow .
it's unlikely that I will ever reach the ability that you enjoy in this forum , which means that I am wondering if I should be hanging around here .
In 6 months , from the first bemused intoduction to a Zorki 1 and Leica IIIc ,+and that amazing sense of familiarity / connectoin whch has never , ever , happened before , I have will have gathered in 25 little gems , some of which will be actually used to create '' magic slide shows '' , others will simply create a little haven of the familiar / safe in constant chaos .
It's all been a dreamstate interlude , prompted by an inheritance and 60s toys sold on e-bay .... whilst computers are forcing out the visuals that I do by hand ... and the future looks shaky ...
Yet ... these diminutive delights have somehow kept the chaos at bay ...
Is it really wierd to ''need '' several '' same '' cameras , or '' nearly same '' , rather than collecting all the various models / variants ?
And the '' Leicas '' , which experience stiil tells me are of variable quality and far too expensive ... yet , like my ZS avatar [ still awaited return following fixing under warranty !!! ] , I seem fixated upon ....
I guess it's crazy asking your opinion , but I have been locked away being '' stupid '' and worse for decades , and it's a problem making sense of real people and what's , well , I guess '' normal ''
dee
i seem to like to gather lots of different pretend ''Leicas '' - Fed / Zorki 1 , and Zorki S in '' re-invented '' styles . Though i am all too aware that this is disrepectfull to the Russian history , I have a similar dee's-placement in a confusing world .
... but the '' standard '' cameras that I love to surround and ground me , that also seem ''right '' are the Fed 2 versions , which is great , 'cos they are cheap to buy .
i am awaiting a collection of Fed 1 / Zorki 1 / Zorki S , zorki 2 S / FEd 2 b from one seller in near mint , restored ? , condition , simply 'cos they all have the same recovering , so are like '' a set '' , and that's OK !
I have ''dee-ficulty with Cyrillic script , so the Leica engraved cameras are less '' dee-sturbing , '' but I also love all the diferent finishes .
Oddly , I will choose a Zorki or Fed [ or two / three ] rather than a serviced , therefore trustwothy , Leica IIIc to keep with me - more as a comfort / familiarity thing than for taking pictures .
I have to deliberately focus upon going out to look for things to capture - usually bits of buildings , it takes some effort to focus through the chaos , and the ritual of these '' sqinty '' little cameras seems to calm me somehow .
it's unlikely that I will ever reach the ability that you enjoy in this forum , which means that I am wondering if I should be hanging around here .
In 6 months , from the first bemused intoduction to a Zorki 1 and Leica IIIc ,+and that amazing sense of familiarity / connectoin whch has never , ever , happened before , I have will have gathered in 25 little gems , some of which will be actually used to create '' magic slide shows '' , others will simply create a little haven of the familiar / safe in constant chaos .
It's all been a dreamstate interlude , prompted by an inheritance and 60s toys sold on e-bay .... whilst computers are forcing out the visuals that I do by hand ... and the future looks shaky ...
Yet ... these diminutive delights have somehow kept the chaos at bay ...
Is it really wierd to ''need '' several '' same '' cameras , or '' nearly same '' , rather than collecting all the various models / variants ?
And the '' Leicas '' , which experience stiil tells me are of variable quality and far too expensive ... yet , like my ZS avatar [ still awaited return following fixing under warranty !!! ] , I seem fixated upon ....
I guess it's crazy asking your opinion , but I have been locked away being '' stupid '' and worse for decades , and it's a problem making sense of real people and what's , well , I guess '' normal ''
dee
