Graflex RB

I just bought this on eBay.  I didn't really mean to.  I did, but I didn't expect to win the auction.  It will be shipped in the next few days.

I've gone a bit nuts on eBay.  I also just bought a Mamiya 645 80mm f1.9 lens and an adaptor to fit it to my Nikon.  I couldn't find a description for the condition of the lens and put in a lowball bid.  To my surprise, I won that, too.  Only then did I find the description at the bottom of the page under some advertising.  Said the lens was in below average condition.  Still, I got it for one quarter of the going price.  I've lost a number of auctions for this lens in the past months, so I know.

I also purchased some very expensive Polaroid 665 film--the stuff that gives a negative.  I got excited, but it is like buying heroin.

I also bought a new strobe flash to replace the one that just crapped out.  That was not on eBay but from KEH.  I recommend them, by the way, for used equipment.

Surely I've bought something else, too.

But back to the camera.  Now that I have my Aero Ektar lens mounted on the Speed Graphic, I know how hard it is to focus.  This camera, the Graflex RB, will allow me to see what I am focusing on when I put in the film.  I won't have to shoot blind.  If I can get the modifications made. $$$$

Now, though, I fear I'll never make a good photograph with either setup.  I need to stay off the internet.  Especially eBay.

There.  I've probably killed the blog by now.