52 year old FOWGY (Fat Old White Guy).... I've been obsessed with Black & White photography since the age of 12.....my first camera was an old Yashica D that was later replaced with a Yashica MAT124G (which I bought for $60.00 back in 1972). I replaced this camera with a Mamiya C220 which I paid $275.00 back in 1976....I still have this camera although, it has seen better days (it took a "header" off a tripod during one of my early excursions in wedding photography.....never again!!!). I still have an old Besseler 23C enlarger from the mid-70's (the venerable "BLUE BEAST"). I've since graduated to LF work....my camera: Toyo CX with a 150mm APO Schneider lens.....Bogen Tripod, Gossen Luna Pro SBC Light Meter....I also shoot quite a bit if MF stuff (I have a Hasselblad 500CM w/80mm lens...plus, three backs and 150mm & 250mm lenses). I have DEKTOL in my blood and HYPO in my brain.....my cats are still confused by my equipment and, well, my wife wonders why she married a guy with such an expensive hobby (like, OK, I could have been a CRACK ADDICT, right???):rolleyes: I love my darkroom & my music
