# I just bought a 1968-era Twin Lens Reflex camera. Help me find a period-correct light meter! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [March 11, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-1968-era-twin-lens-reflex-camera-help-me-find-a-period-correct-light-meter/998722 "2024-03-11T23:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-1968-era-twin-lens-reflex-camera-help-me-find-a-period-correct-light-meter/998722/26 "2024-03-27T01:10:05Z")
Well, my very first medium-format film photos in my life just came back from the lab! Check out the thread to see the first photo … as well as the others in the 3 rolls of Tri-X 400 I sent off. I’m very happy today! > [@My first foray into medium format photography (Mamiya C220), my photos came back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-foray-into-medium-format-photography-mamiya-c220-my-photos-came-back/999416/1): > > Three weeks ago I was watching a YouTube video that mentioned [Vivian Maier’s work](https://www.vivianmaier.com); I had seen her work years ago but had forgotten until now. She was a nanny in NYC in the 50s and 60s, and she took amazing photographs with a 120 film twin-lens reflex camera. I suddenly thought “Wow, I wish I could take B&W photos on film with a TLR like that!” and after a half hour I realized there was no reason why I can’t do it. I have shot film in my younger days, my mom was a photographer with a fully trick… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-1968-era-twin-lens-reflex-camera-help-me-find-a-period-correct-light-meter/998722)._