A Regula Sprint

I've always liked playing about with photography, and during the pandemic I had a flirtation with retro photography, where you start taking pictures with film cameras for a retro experience - no instant gratification, and you have to think more about your shot, about light, exposure, and the rest.

Some people got serious about it, others mucked about and then didn't do that much. I'd put myself in the latter category.

But even though I didn't do much I kept following some retro photography sites and blogs, and then a few weeks ago I came across this little beauty on ebay

A Regula Sprint, just like my first 35mm camera.

I couldn't resist, and bought it. With shipping from the UK it came to a tad over eighty bucks, but it looks to be clean and in working order - it still has a sticker inside advertising the use of Gevapan film.

It came without a warranty, but I reckoned that if it turned out to be a dud I could put it on display with some of the other old cameras I've picked up here and there over the years

It's a bit heavier than I remembered it but its strange how the muscle memory comes back as how to open it and load film it.

All I can do is have a play. You never know, it might be the thing that turns me in to a semi serious retro photographer....