Soggy Town in the Pacific North Wet

Love Super Ikontas....hope you get a sunny day!

After much useless hand-wringing about choosing a more portable MF, the Ikonta is rather promising. A $20 Op-Tech pouch w/ a strap holds it about breast pocket level, leaving both hands free. My 1" sq x 1/2" selenium cell meter fits in there. It reads only in EV scale, which the Ikonta lacks, but by remembering a single EV value (@ iso 400, EV12 = 1/60 @ F8), I can follow the reciprocity path to other values. First roll was constistently about 1 - 1.3 stops underexposed, so I'll adjust accordingly. With no mirror to flop about, its utterly silent. The big deal is that the images are respectable, if I do my part. Coincident focus is new for me but is learnable. 'Seems like most other gear, I'll be the limiting factor. Its sure fun. To add frosting to the gravy, the Mrs. handed me a pristine Retina IIIc I'd coveted to go with it. 'Makes always having a camera with me alot easier.

Lived in Seattle for a while. Sure was soggy in the Winter - had to escape to the mountains on weekends to enjoy the snow.

'Was on the east side for a while myself. Back then, I thought - this is cool. San Fran w/out the freaks. Yeah, been a while. Now the bumper stickers here say 'keep Portland weird'. I think to myself - fear not. But PNW is a haven for alot of stuff - photo, outdoors, m/c riding. Beautiful landscape everywhere. 'Not the hot tip if 'gray' gets ya down.