Last May, my dad ~Lanse1921 gave me the collection of cameras he had acquired over the years (minus his current one, mind you).

This Welta Weltur with its Zeis F/2.8 lens and Compur-Rapid 1/400 shutter is the camera I most associate with him. Goodness knows he took enough slides with it of me and my five brothers and sisters and, of course, his lovely bride *WoodAster.

This afternoon, Corky and I stopped by Scott's Photo on the way home so I could pick up some film to put the camera back in service. I got one roll of color 400VC and one black and white 400TX. I loaded up the black and white for the first go around.

Now I just have to figure out how to coax good photography out of this totally mechanical gem. It's a whole new world.




Feel free to use any of my waterscape or landscape photographs as stock images. I ask only that you let me know, and that you post a link to the original.



The Heidelberg Catechism, published in 1563, remains one of the warmest expressions of the Christian faith ever written. This is how it begins.

What is your only comfort in life and in death?

That I am not my own,
but belong --
     body and soul,
     in life and in death --
to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.

     He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,
     and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.
     He also watches over me in such a way
          that not a hair can fall from my head
          without the will of my Father in heaven;
     in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.

Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
assures me of eternal life
and makes me wholeheartedly will and ready
from now on to live for him.