A little memory
While scrolling through Instagram, I came across a post from an old colleague who was promoting his small business of vintage film cameras. He finds these cameras in thrift stores, repairs them, tests them, and resells them to enthusiasts who lack the patience or skills to fix old cameras themselves.
I asked if he had anything affordable yet interesting that I could try. Apart from some basics my father taught me when I was a child, I didn’t really know how to properly use a film camera.
He introduced me to an old Fujica, sold in Germany in the late '70s under the name Porst CR-1. It immediately felt perfect in my hands, like that scene in Harry Potter when he finds his magic wand.
I handed him 40 bucks, before he could even mention that it might get stuck occasionally (sigh).
As I was about to leave his apartment with my new treasure, he called out
Hey, wait,
how
are
you?
I’m excited.
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