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Wrestling with a Rangefinder
shadowsintherain Started conversation Jan 22, 2008
(Cue the Music: A Japanese chorale with kids singing slightly off key. Rolling bassline, march-y but not too militaristic. Electric guitars and horns to give it some swinging sixties secret agent funk. Lyrics about defeating the injustice in the world with wholehearted devotion.)
(The Setting: An appropriately scaled city made of light plywood and heavy cardboard. Pyrotechnics of course, and don't forget the mock high voltage power lines and miniature elevated trains.)
Enter the combatants!
Rising out of the ocean (with appropriate pause for name to be displayed at the bottom of your screens). Seawater running off it's cold black metal body and textured leatherette paneling, the late afternoon sun glaring off its sinister ATL and Rangefinder windows and its cyclopean 45mm/1.7 YASHINON lens, the Yashica Ellectro 35 GTN (insert: giant beast monster fighter scream)!!!!
Clad in the standard issue giant beast monster fighting metallic painted neoprene suit and polypropylene battle armour, me!!!
The Yashica has challenged my photographic talent and skill, claiming I am no match for its technological sophistication and optical quality. I intend to show this chunky little rangefinder who's boss.
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