hello from nola

hi photo friends,

Just introducing myself - my name is j.t., I'm a New Orleans based photographer who likes to play around with old film cameras on my free time/outside of work. Use an old Bronica and recently have been trying to get my grandfather's old polaroid 800 working (without luck so far). Kind of a sentimental project to get it working again. Joined the forum hoping I might find someone who also has the same camera or knows a thing or two about repairing the shutter because there sure isn't much available online for the old mechanical shutter assemblies!

anyways, nice to meet y'all

Hi :)

It might be worth asking on the forum of mflenses.com if no-one can help you here.

Hi!

I'm from New Orleans too. My wife and I got flooded out by Katrina, and we now live 200 miles away in St. Joseph, La. I'm hoping we can move to Baton Rouge next year so I won't have such a long (4 hours) drive to Metairie to visit my wife's sister.

Anyhow, welcome!

hi Vincent -

you should move back! i say that but who knows when the next one is going to be you know?

nice to meet ya!