I took my first rolls from my new RB67 into the developer today

[Rabrrrrrr]

Exciting!!

I had an awful time figuring the camera out, though, and still haven't quite got it. I have the manual, and it's helpful, but nowhere near as helpful as it could be. I figured out the shutter thingy, for the most part, but the tough part is the (#*^$%$#(#$* film winder - sometimes it would wind just fine, sometimes I would bring the lever out to wind and it would just stick at full extended place. Sometimes I would wind, and the frame indicator would advance, but the exposed frame indicator wouldn't change...

So I'm interested to see the first two rolls - I'm sure it's full of double exposures, occasions of HUGE gaps between photos on the film... but, oh, well. That's how we learn.

I sure love the feel of the camera, though - pure smoothness. Heavy, but comforting.

I might just waste one roll of film and keep running it through the camera until I really have the damn thing figured out.

So many buttons, levers, and settings on this damn thing.

My other medium format is a Seagull, total manual no option kind of camera.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. That is exciting. What a great camera. May it give you

long, happy service. I had one for years, but it was stolen along with a bunch of other crap.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Thanks! I got the rolls back, and they're all screwed up.

GARGH!!!!

Worst part is, I never used one before, so I also don't know if the problem is that the film roller is messed up, or if it's just my ignorance.

I had pictures sitting half on top of each other, parts of the film that had no images at all... and I had a lot of problems trying to get the film winder thingy to work properly.

But the RB67 Pro-S has so many buttons, and I don't know anything about them, I can't tell if it's me, or if there might be something in the camera that needs to be fixed.