His camera was a 6x14 with a 90mm lens, fixed focus at infinity, this camera is the same he offered to print for me. This camera would have been wonderful, as I have a 90mm lens that I could use, but I really wanted something wide, extremely wide. Through our emails I told him I had a 58mm lens that I'd love to use, however, as he was doing me a huge favor, I was not wedded to this option.

After some consideration, he said he would be happy to flex his creative muscles and work on the camera for my 58mm, which put me through the roof. I have used a G617 which has a 105mm, which is a fine focal length, but I really wanted something much wider. We had quite a few back and forth emails as the camera build came along, each one making me more giddy, but of course worried that something might go wrong.

When the time finally came, I got an email from John with my tracking number, my camera was on the way! The direct path from Washington State to Maryland has quite a few detours when USPS is your pilot, putting my camera in Florida and then New Jersey, finally making it to my hands three or four days late. I attached my lens, as soon as I had it out of the box and was ready to shoot!