Skylight, National Gallery Cafeteria

Now you got me wondering if I need a Lomo Belair ...........

@Eric Rose It's a weird little camera - neither fish nor fowl. 120 film, 6x6/6x9/6x12 aspect ratios (you can change the frames between rolls by dropping in a mask to the film gate, but the ratio is then fixed for the entire roll), interchangeable lenses - it comes with two plastic-fantastic lenses (a 58mm and a 90mm - the 90 is acceptable image quality for contact printing, the 50 is marginal) and there are two Russian-made glass lenses ( a 90mm and 117mm, both of which are truly first-rate). It has an aperture priority auto-exposure system. The shutter speed range is 1/125th to several seconds, plus B. You can game the system to an extent by changing the ISO, or you select B. The lenses all have only two apertures - f/8 and f/16. The Russian lenses have a range of focusing marks and can be continuously focused throughout their range. The plastic lenses can be focused, but they only have four marked focusing ranges and are really meant for hyperfocal shooting. There are uncoupled viewfinders for the various lenses, so focusing is by scale/guesstimate. The camera has further quirks - film flatness is not always guaranteed, and I have always had an issue with "fat roll" syndrome when switching film types (if my last roll was Tri-X, and the next one is FP4+, for example, the first roll through will be "fat" and have light leaks). But as you can see from the stuff I've been posting (take a look at my Pt/Pd prints from my Sinister Idyll series as well as these) it's extremely capable if you have a clue what you're doing. And it's silly cheap for what it is - what other medium format panoramic camera with auto-exposure and interchangeable lenses exists that can be had for $200-400 depending on how you kit it out?

Dude, this is a fabulous photograph! It has been over 40 years since i last visited the National Gallery. No IM Pei there, then, but i have had the privilege to see his pyramid at the Louvre in Paris.

Since meeting up on H Street in 2016 and seeing you at ease at work and producing such great images, i have wanted to get that camera. I didn't pursue due to the unavailability of the higher quality lenses.
So i may be shot myself in the foot - this photograph is really amazing in clarity and clean.

@michaelorr The glass lenses are not available new, true, but they're easy enough to find on Ebay, and with a little patience, at a reasonable price (under $150 each, under $100 if you're lucky). I have both of them now, the 117 and the 90. The Zenit-made glass 90 lives on my camera. That's what I used to take this photo with. There's another one I posted here a while ago that I shot with the sun in the frame, pointing into the lens, with no significant flare. These are amazing lenses for the price.