Going Retro

I recently blew the dust off of the old Ricoh KR-5 Super and my Tamron 80-200mm F/2.8 Telephoto lens... I have to be honest, it felt good to get that old manual camera back in my hands again. It felt so good, in fact, that I bought a pristine Pentax K1000 off eBay for $30. I bought the Pentax 50mm F/2 lens (also great shape) months earlier in a package which included multiple 48-60mm filters.

I can't wait to pop in a roll of Ilford HP5+ 35mm 400 ISO film and start shooting again. It's been a while! I've been shooting quite a bit with my Canon Rebel XS (stock 35-80mm AF lens), and it's great to be automatic, but there's nothing like the weight and feel of a classic manual SLR... Is everyone pickin' up what I'm puttin down?

- John -
ThePhotoHound

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