It is April, 2021. The world is irreparably changed by global events far beyond your control. You’ve been stuck at home with your parents for an indeterminate number of days, and, having run out of anything else to do, you venture into the attic to dig through dusty boxes of god knows what.
What’s this?
An object resembling a camera is peaking out from the corner of a box, caked with a thick layer of dust. It is a camera!
But there’s no screen on the back? There’s a lever on top that makes a deeply satisfying ratchet followed by a clunk of engagement when it is pushed to its zenith.
It says “NIKKORMAT” on the front of it… what is a NIKKORMAT? I’ve heard of Nikon…
This may resemble many young folk’s first interaction with a film camera. Others may have ceremoniously received a grandfather’s Rolleiflex, purchased while stationed in Germany. Still others may have stumbled upon a camera in an antique store.