Mehmet

Mehmet, originally uploaded by Monkey Magic.

So I'm on Tottenham Court Road, framing a shot with my 35mm camera, an Olympus OM-10. I often use old cameras and people are often interested in what they are.

This man came up to me and asked if it was an Olympus, and how much it cost me. i got it on ebay and said 10 or 20 pounds, I can't remember. So he asked if he could buy it off me, and next thing I knew I had a crisp £20 in my wallet and he had my camera.

He then asked me to have a coffee with him and proceeded to tell me more about himself, he is 70, has lived in london for 50 years, and is originally from Northern Cyrpus where it turns out he owns a lot of land.

An interesting encounter.

So I no longer have a 35mm camera, but plenty of film left.

Canon 5D, 24-70f2.8L, ISO 800, 1/125th, f2.8