... Sorry for taking it a bit OT Godfrey but heck we have to do something till you show us what you've bought and stop driving us mad with curiosity!
LOL! No problem at all.
My re-addiction to 6x6 film has been building up again for a while and when I saw this camera being offered for sale, I just could no longer resist.
The camera and strap were one item (including an original leather soft case), the back another, the (aftermarket) lens hood a third (sheesh, $165 for a used Hassy hood, $25 for an aftermarket, and they're all but identical...), and the late model Acute Matte ground glass back a fourth item.
An orange filter, a longer neckstrap, and an Arca Swiss dedicated camera plate are on the way. I haven't decided what viewfinder I want for the GG back yet, probably a 45 prism.
I'm really jazzed, although this might be anticlimactic for some of you. The Hassy SWC was my 'unobtainium object of camera lust' for 35 years until 2001, when a friend loaned me his for a year. I returned his camera and traded my Leica M kit for a 903SWC in 2002, which I had until 2004. I sold it in 2004 because I needed to move forward with my digital work, and that meant DSLRs and lenses and all that stuff, but I've missed the SWC a lot.
Getting back into 6x6 film work, I knew that I'd want a 'wide at some point. This late 1978 appeared and was exactly what I wanted ... the Syncro-Compur shutter's DoF indicator mechanism is much nicer to use than the later Prontor CF DoF markings.
I got lucky and found a same-year, pristine back. The camera is in better shape than the photos implied, and I paid a very reasonable price for it (hint: less than the X2 for everything...).
Now to load it and make some SWCpix.
And KILL the Magpie! ]
Onwards!