Oh dear, almost two months without an update! Sorry. Well I'd better tell you all what's been happening with me.

Yes, I did visit my brother and his family in Sydney. I stayed with them for ten days and enjoyed it a lot. I got around to many places during the weekdays, using the TravelPass ticket to hop on and off trains at will. But it was tiring and I took "rest days" on Wednesday and Friday, although I did get Andrew to drive me to Darling Harbour on Friday night. So I didn't get around to as many places as I'd have liked. My other regret is that I had mostly fast 400 ISO film with me (Pro 400H and HP5+). For daytime shooting this meant small apertures and flat photos with deep fields. I had ordered some slower Pro 160S film which would have given much shallower DOF, but it did not arrive on time. This trip was a little rushed and the eBay seller took much longer sending it.

After Sydney it was off to Canberra with my parents for a very busy three days trying to do stuff with/for Scott and seeing some sights.

I've got most of my photos from the trips back, although I still have three rolls of Provia slide film that need to be sent off for processing. Unfortunately, many of the photos I took with my Electro 35 had light leaks on them. I've now got a kit of replacement light seal foam from one Jon Goodman and I should have the problem fixed in the next few days. I'm also looking to get some nice leather to replace the covering that had be removed when I fixed the "pad of death". When that's all done I should finally have a nice camera to use...

In other camera repair news, I'm planning on saving up the $400 that might be required for fixing my Pentacon Six. I say "might" because the guy in Dubbo said it would require that much if the shutter needs replacement. I think the problems lie mostly with the film advancement mechanism, so hopefully the cost will be much less and I'll have a good chunk of money left over to spend on something else. Perhaps a metered prism or a lens.

I'm trying to work through the backlog of photos to submit here. When I recently looked at the last photos I'd submitted here, I noticed they were from back in January. I'd hardly submitted anything from this year! So this means it could take a while for photos from my trip to show up. Sorry, I prefer to have my deviations in (approximate) chronological order.

(The "Mood" selector appears to be broken, so it will remain set to "eager" with the funny little emoticon flapping his arms until it is fixed)