I have a confession.

I received this gift two days ago but have been running around the web, and my tiny Oregon town trying to get what I needed to post a response that matched the awesomeness of the gift.

Alas, I've decided to pause my quest in order to post a timely, and overdue, THANK YOU!

With just cursory knowledge of my love of photography, my Secret Santa blew me away by sending me "The NEGATIVE," v.2 of Ansel Adams own 3-part instructional photography series.

This, however, was alongside a vintage, 1947 Leica iiic, a 50 mm Elmar lens, a spare Tanack 35mm lens, a Kaligar viewfinder, and five color filters. This gift not only led me on one of the greatest internet treasure hunts I've ever had but it stands as my first 35mm camera among my DSLR collection. I am an amateur filmmaker and this gift could not have been more apt, more perfectly extravagant, or more thoughtful. This gift is everything that a reddit gift exchange should be about. Pardon my triteness but, this Christmas, I won the internet.

Expect some pics when I finally get her tuned up and running. You can view my weird work at http://haildanceproductions.wix.com/robertuehlin.