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balance

The last café chair by the window wobbles,
so no one takes it.
An old woman sits anyway, palms on the table,
steadying both the metal and herself.
Some days, being alone is just agreeing not to fall.



Peter Hale, (1941–2016)

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David's first camera, 1962
David's first camera, 1962

The Agfa Click-II (1959–1970) was a lightweight German 6×6 medium-format viewfinder camera with a fixed ~1/30s shutter, and an Agfa Acromat 1:8.8/72.5 mm two-element lens with fixed focus.

It used 120 roll film, yielding 12 exposures at 6×6 cm. The controls were simple: 2 apertures for sun (f/11), cloud/portrait (f/8.8), and a "close-up" mode (2.5–4 m). The Click-II produced soft, vignetted, almost dreamy images, a style later loved by Lomography users.

Today it’s remembered as a charming, lo-fi cult classic.