Quite an eventful day, filled with little details which I might not be able to recall all. Some details should maybe not even be disclosed, some information shall remain private. Yes even a blog needs a corner to hide.
We have a minilux again. It was all just too painful. The camera changed the way I see things so much. And then there was this plan to build a http://www.minilux.org, a gallery for minilux photographers. I know it all sounds a bit product focused, but this camera is quite special in so many ways. So I got one off eBay. And it is even a black one. The black ones are pretty rare. They probably are not as durable as the titanium ones, but they look a bit more leica like.
I bought the camera from somebody in New York, so I could pick it up immediately, pay and forget that the old one was lost. The German expression for this is Verdrängung. What is the English equivalent? (It is not extrusion, don¹t believe Babblefish)...
The seller knew what he was talking about. A photographer himself, for years, he has a website where one can buy some excellent rare photography books. It is appropriately named photographybooks.com. The site is currently a bit bare bone, but the books are great. He got himself a client. I did not tell him that, but will get some books there in the future.
The camera came with a ready case. Had my old minilux had this case, we would probably still own it... Oh well.
I can¹t wait to put some film into the camera and to shoot some minilux pictures again. Yipiee.
