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Deer at the local park, last November. Leica IIIg, Summicron 50/2 and Fomapan 100

I currently have a roll of Fomapan 200 Creative in a Rolleiflex Automat K4B. After that I'll probably give the Century 35 another whirl, now that I've corrected a flipped lens element.

The roll through the Century 35 was a lesson in futility. It appears the focus is WAY off, not just calibrated poorly, but something is seriously misaligned in the lens tube. 😞 Haven't loaded anything else for this week yet. I did pick up another Contax II with 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar over the weekend, so after servicing that I might feed that another roll of film.

Sure, but there's a matter of production numbers and availability at play here and if Oppenheimer was even remotely interested in actually owning an expensive camera. 🙂

From a short hike last saturday Zeiss Ikon Contax I (f, or version 7 if you prefer) Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar Fomapan 100 Classic

And by TLC, I mean Open-Heart Surgery 😉

I've restored a 532/16 with the same problem a year ago. It had stripped gears under winding knob because someone forced the film advance. Luckily I had a spare parts camera with the parts I needed to fix it. But, personally, I find the VERY worst part on these to service/clean and recalibrate are those two wedges in the RF eye up on the lens.

Finally got round to finishing the roll in the Contax I on Saturday. Loaded up the next one for this week/weekend. Chuck Foreman graciously sent me this Graflex Century 35 / Kowa Kallo last month. It was in dire need of some TLC to bring back to life. Let's see what this thing can do.

Couple more from the remembrance ceremony two weeks ago. Leica MD-2, 28mm f/3.5 W-Komura, Fomapan 100

Last weekend we remembered the end of the Battle of Capelse Veer, 79 years ago. Leica MD-2, 28mm f/3.5 W-Komura, Fomapan 100

One of the three working Contax I cameras in my collection

Finished a roll in the Leica MD-2, loaded up my Contax I (v7) for a rematch, since the film got separated from the take-up spool last time. 😉

Couple from a roll I shot with the PEN-F over the last 3 weeks.

Sun was out over the weekend, so I finally managed to fill up the remaining frames on the Olympus Pen-F. Time to load up the next one! Putting another roll of Fomapan 100 into the Leica MD-2. I mounted a W-Komura 28mm f/3.5 on it this time. The 15mm Super Wide-Heliar is too much of a gimmick lens for what I'm comfortable shooting with.

Only filled up half the roll in the Oly Pen-F over the weekend, before all the snow melted. Did shoot a couple of triptychs with it.