Terry, Wendy, and Brenda around 1975

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I've been real busy. Fortunately, a lot of the busy has been with jobs that actually pay money. This is a good thing. I've also been busy with vacuuming, cleaning, and marking 4x5 sheet film holders in preparation for actually taking pictures with the Burke & James. I vacuumed the inside and outside of the bellows. I got some bright red Wet'n Wild fingernail polish to touch up all the worn points on the bellows. I need to finish a few more sheet film holders and then I will be ready for loading actual film (Efke 25). I've been cleaning 4x5 sheet film holders but I've been eyeing a 5x7 sheet film holder. It sure is big. I've been thinking about fixing the 5x7 back but I don't have a scanner that will scan that sized negative in one shot...yet. So I thought I would play around with scanning some of my old 5x7 negatives, in two passes, and stitching them together. Terry is my brother. He is long divorced from Wendy. Brenda sometimes reads this blog. I'm not totally happy with the stitch. I will try some more. I was surprised at some of the places I took that old Eastman 5x7. I don't remember what the lens was. It doesn't seem to be all that sharp. I think my process lenses will be all that sharp. I can hardly wait.