<p>I celebrated my 56th birthday on 12-12-12 -- an auspicious date, seeing that I was born in 1956, 56 years before. A friend gave me a gift certificate from Huron Camera, which of course, might possibly be the best place locally to have a certificate from (at least for me!). I made my way over to Dexter, and as usual, checked out the "bargain bins" in the back of the store. In one of them sat an SLR camera that I have seen very few examples of -- a Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL. Now, me swearing off buying another camera, especially an M42 mount SLR, went out the window when I saw that the cameras was only 10 bucks -- with a Rikenon 50mm lens. I checked all the functions, and aside from the battery-less condition, it seemed to work just fine. When I was at the counter, I saw that they had a 55mm 1.8 Sekor lens that matched the camera (including the original cool lens cap) for $29.00. So, I bought the lens, the camera, some Ektar 100 film, and spent my gift certificate. When I got home, I read up online about the camera, and sure enough, the camera uses a modern LR-44 battery! I cleaned the terminals, put in a battery, and the meter worked. That was a nice surprise. I loaded the camera with some Tmax 100 and over the course of a week, shot two rolls. I developed them the other day, and am quite happy with the results. <br /> First, the camera:</p>
<p><a title="Mamiya/Secor 1000 DTL by mfophotos, on Flickr" href="
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8276682340_f490b398c3_z.jpg" alt="Mamiya/Secor 1000 DTL" width="640" height="482" /></a><br /> Bamboo Wall:<br /> <a title="bamboo wall by mfophotos, on Flickr" href="
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8313423938_50ea29dd40_z.jpg" alt="bamboo wall" width="423" height="640" /></a><br /> Interrupted Reflection:<br /> <a title="interrupted reflection by mfophotos, on Flickr" href="
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8315081666_de22a38ece_z.jpg" alt="interrupted reflection" width="640" height="421" /></a><br /> Well used:<br /> <a title="Well used by mfophotos, on Flickr" href="
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8316986742_9f746c7cfa_z.jpg" alt="Well used" width="640" height="433" /></a><br /> Home and Garden:<br /> <a title="An Ann Arbor jewel by mfophotos, on Flickr" href="
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8317026264_8f4a91908a_z.jpg" alt="An Ann Arbor jewel" width="640" height="412" /></a><br /> One wheel short:<br /> <a title="one wheel short by mfophotos, on Flickr" href="
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8316864830_ff19fde23e_z.jpg" alt="one wheel short" width="640" height="421" /></a></p>
