Thanks for your quick responses! I currently have a bid on a F3HP on Ebay. I thought I remembered an article I read in one of the mags that said it was a very reliable camera. I would love to be able to buy an AF camera, especially since I'm pushing the half century mark and the eyesight changes, but I have to stick with the manual focus so I will have lenses! I just bought a bellows for macro work to play around with fairly cheap, and I have a 50mm, an 80-200mm and a 2x converter, lots of filters and yes, I have a flash, but its an off brand cheap one. I also have a cheap spot meter I bought in highschool when I used the old Yashika TLR. I use the zoom the most for macro work and nature walks, as I like the cropping ability. I bid on the F3HP for the depth of field preview capabilities. I really need to start over and relearn properly, instead of hit and miss with the settings! I'm disappointed too often in the darkroom with my negs. Janet(posted 8336 days ago)