u/TravelingTramp

I have been shooting 35mm with a Pentax K1000 for 14 years now and am looking to purchase my first medium-format camera. I enjoy shooting fully manual and have been considering a Pentax 6x7.

Ideally, my max budget would be $600-800. My only concern with the Pentax is that it is very heavy compared to a 35mm camera. However, I like the notion that it sounds like it operates similarly to a K1000 but on medium format.

Does anyone have any advice and/or experience with the 6x7? Would this be a good transition camera from a long-time K1000 user?

I have been trying a lot of vintage fragrances recently, and it got me wondering: what are some of your favorite fragrances that came out before the year 2000?

I haven't tried enough for a true top 10, but my favorites right now are:

YSL Kouros
Guerlain Mitsouko
Ralph Lauren Polo Cologne
Issey Miyake L'eau d'Issey
Acqua di Parma Colonia
Creed Bois du Portugal
Guerlain Habit Rouge

There are many classics I still haven't tried, like Guerlain Vetiver, etc. But loving the classics!

Unless something major has changed in the thesis of the company (which you could maybe argue the recent news has, but frankly, I think it is mostly the sentiment following the drop in share price), the fact that one should hate a company when it becomes more affordable per share is ridiculous.

To paraphrase Warren Buffett: If you're not thinking of owning a stock for 10 years, don't think about owning it for 10 minutes.

Will BABA work out as an investment over time? Who knows. That's why you should only allocate a percentage of your money that you feel comfortable taking a calculated risk on. You could lose everything, or you could make a hefty profit. That's investing in a nutshell.

Investing is a long-term game. You need to be patient and calculated with your bets. To see so much emotion and short-term reaction to price fluctuations and news articles is kind of ridiculous.

Full disclosure, I have held BABA for nearly 5 years now, and I am overall down. But I am adding slowly to my position as it falls. It makes up a relatively small percentage of my portfolio (like 3%), so I can sleep at night if it underperforms/tanks in the long run, but I have massive upside if it plays out positively in the long run.