Well, first off, let me say that I've had my camera for nearly a month. In the meantime, I switched over to a day shift, which has eaten into my camera time in a very big way. Instead of the four-hour stretch that I used to have, I now am limited to about 30 minutes in the morning and maybe an hour in the evening, because of the commute time (bus instead of private car) and the need to leave early to catch the bus.

Since the return of No. 191, I've shot a roll of Kodak HIE with the Rollei f/2.8 40mm Sonnar – a sweet little lens that gets even better on this camera. I also shot a roll of Kodak 200 Gold (which I've misplaced) and two partial rolls of Kodak HD200.

At work, we were crazy busy with the Super Bowl. I was updating the newspaper's site during the day, which meant keeping track of two pages while adding a large number of articles, links and photos. Check out this little thing I threw together. It uses an <iframe> that loads 23 HTML pages. That required creating 23 HTML files, selecting, cropping, resizing, toning and sharpening 23 digital photos, writing 23 photo captions and then making sure they all linked correctly. All done within an hour. Basically, digital isn't that big of a time saver, because colors almost always suck, and every photo needs a large amount of manipulation. News photographers simply don't have enough time to white-balance every shot.

OK, back to the camera. I've been shooting a lot with the camera in the Luigi half-case. It's a lovely piece of craftsmanship, although I think he cut the base of the case a little fat. Still, I can't complain, and it serves several purposes: 1) Provides a very nice way to grip the camera, 2) keeps your hands a bit warmer, especially lately in the single-digit temperatures, and 3) somewhat muffles the sound of the shutter, which isn't that loud to start.

The guy at the film lab remarked that he hadn't seen a rangefinder in a long time. I told him that I really liked shooting the camera and didn't require any of the so-called benefits of digital.

The Steelers victory parade passed by the office, and one of the reporters said he would run back to my desk and get a memory card, if I needed it. I told him it was shot with film. Two days later, I gave him one of the photos, and he said that he didn't see any of my photos in the newspaper. I guess he didn't believe that someone at a newspaper would still be shooting film.

I shot two partial rolls because I reloaded without shooting to the end, because I realized that I didn't have much time. The camera operated flawlessly. The rewind crank is too small when you're in a hurry. It slipped out of my fingers a couple of times. I should try left-handed next time.

Great camera – glad to have No. 191 back. More in the near future ...