![]() ![]() The coast is rocky and on the southern tip there exists Pemaquid Lighthouse, built in 1827 and one of only a handful of lighthouses in Maine to use a Fresnel lens, an assembly of hundreds of prisms which collimate light into a powerful beam, making it visible far off the coastline. The bay is dotted with some small islands and can be traversed here and there in a kayak. Muscongus Bay was named by the Abenaki people for its “rock ledges” and is relatively uncommercialized. Round Pond is a shallow harbor off of Muscongus Bay with mounds of lobster traps and a hilly terrain. Sunday morning, we loaded up the car and headed to a fishing village called Round Pond. This Mamiya represented my doorway onto a higher plane of photographic existence, and I was eager. Up until that moment, I had only shot with 35mm cameras. I made my way to the seller on Saturday and, to my delight, found a near-mint camera with the 2.8/80 and 3.5/150 lenses, complete with a power drive and grip all packaged up in a Pelican case.Īfter buying the camera, I immediately snatched up the common-and cheap-six-volt battery it takes, and basked in the green glow of the battery check light. ![]() Lo and behold, I located a Mamiya 645 1000S in Bristol, Rhode Island for a steal. We’d be spending the weekend exploring Midcoast Maine, and earlier in the week I’d come down with some sort of fever to which the only cure seemed the purchase of a medium format camera. As usual, I was in search of a quick buy. ![]()
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