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Lovely cameras, I recall it defaults to 1/500th without the battery. I made my own adapter at the time with some 4LR44 battery, some tubing and a spring. The GSN at last has a bridging circuit that can handle differences in voltage. Now I have one of those commercially made adapters for it...

Out shooting this cute little thing at an former army range.

Just a random weekend project photo. In case you're wondering it's a Voigtländer VC-meter II that's being given a clean and a repaint. :P

Also gave my aging VC-II meter a fresh look, in fashionable Olive Drab, over the weekend.

In the camera bag today; Zeiss Contax I(f), with CZJ 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar and Fomapan 100 Classic

Fuel and tool of the Trade

Yes, though there is some sort of additive in the sand so it holds together longer. The sculptors go with a different theme every year

Veluwe Sand Sculpture Festival 2020 Leica M-E, 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1

Some more Dutch Old Timers Contax II, 50mm f/2 Sonnar, Rollei Retro 80s Leica IIIc, 2.8cm f/6.3 Hektor, Rollei Retro 80s

Couple of pre-war cameras I've been using recently. Contax II and Rollei Automat K4B

Filling up the roll in an Olympus Pen-F with some gear porn images In this case a Zeiss Ikoflex III.

My little World War 2 US Army Signal Photographic Company display at a Liberation Day festival in Zaltbommel on May 5th.

Oh, I could use a welder! There's a Vilejka Zenith E on the bench now, and it's not cooperating! 😁 I have a dremel, and I've used it on cameras, including a Leica. 🙄 I've got a set of tiny dental drill bits that are perfect for drilling out broken screws and such. Last couple of evenings were...

Pulled another camera from one of 5 boxes of cameras I acquired over Christmas; A Pentor Super TL, which is a Praktica Super TL sold on the Dutch market. Slow speeds escapement was gunked up, jamming the shutter curtains when engaged. There were a few small pinholes in the opening curtain. And...

Fun? I had fun once. It was awful! ;) I'm taking a bit of a break from opening up any more boxes/cameras for now. Until the repair parts for the Kochman Reflex-Korelle show up. Gives me time to catch up on burning some film.

Ensign Commando with 75mm f/3.5 Ensar Anastigmat (made by Ross London). Last version made from 1949-1950.

Collapsible. Probably a 1970s sample. Tested the Kiev-6C this weekend after freeing up the aperture on the Vega-12v and calibrating the ground glass to the actually lens focus. Yes, that's another World War 2 relic I came across while testing the camera in the local national park.

That's a shame. Not that they are particularly expensive these days should you want to replace it, the Argus C-3 cameras at least. In its day they were still worth a good chunk of monthly wages for an average family, yet cheaper than the Kodak 35. I wish my family had an heirloom camera like...

Thanks John, If anything servicing the little ones gives me good practice for the more expensive ones. I've only lost one (post-war) Argus C-3 from this collection so far. I used parts of it to rebuild an Argus C-2. The remaining pieces went to another Argus enthusiast as spare parts. Not the...

Some more stuff from the boxes full of cameras I collected just before New Years and that have been given the once over last weekend: The Wirgin Edinex III was in shambles and has been completely disassembled for a rebuild. Needed a couple of replacement springs in the shutter and the film...

Another one from the box; Ihagee Exa (version 6) Needed a new mirror bumper and the magnifier for the groundglass needed to be re-attached to the flip-up lever. Feels like a nice little shooter.

35mm For the Proletariat! One freshly CLA'd Argus AF, the focusing ring is not visible with the lens collapsed, of course. It only needed a little help to get the shutter going again. Some old hardened grease here and there. And the lens elements were a little hazy.

It was in a poor state when I picked it up. The lens and the brilliant finder were unusable due to the dust inside them. It all cleaned up pretty well though. Some of the bakelite has broken off the edges of the film chamber. If I'm bored enough I will attempt to rebuild those parts with some...

Kodak Brownie Flash cameras need a bit of love too. Even if it's just going to sit on a shelf surrounded by other box cameras :P

Working through 5 moving-boxes of cameras. Cleaning and servicing them one by one. Yesterday I finishing this one; A Vena Venaret. Lens elements were loose. Rear element retainer ring had come out and was jamming the aperture control. Shutter had a loose spring that controls 1/25 and 1/50th...

Not the sexiest gear porn photo..... Just a couple of cameras I serviced over the weekend. The Yashica Minister-D had a stuck shutter due to oil residue build-up. The Yashica Lynx-1000 had deteriorated foam seals. And the particles got into everything.

Everyone appreciates Leicas :P My shooter last weekend, a Leica M3 DS with a 50mm f/3.5 Elmar in M-mount. The negatives showed a little shutter banding on the high speeds, so I added a bit of extra tension to the curtain roller springs. Will need to play with it again soon.

An Ihagee Exakta Varex IIa, gifted to me for services rendered. Shutter had a few pinholes and the lens and prism needed a good clean. Focus-throw is still a little tight, but it's loaded with some Agfa APX 100 right now.

"Photographic Set PH-104" nearly complete.

Testing a Contax II after a small CLA for a friend.

Mmmmmh, Mimosas..... 🥂

Ending a sunny Sunday.

Zeiss Ikon Kolibri (523/18) Freshly cleaned lens and focusing helical, some oxidation removal, viewfinder fine-tuned. Leatherette needs to be reglued in some spots and it can use a bit of polish. Will be feeding it some 127 format Rerapan 100, soon-ish.

Mornin'

Loaded with some Double-X for the weekend

Hmmm... I've spammed enough images of my Leica IIIg already.... No I haven't :laugh:

Don't talk to me before I've had my coffee/tea

Arrived yesterday. A 1943-dated Graflex 'Anniversary' Speed Graphic 4x5 with a 1945-date Kodak 127mm f/4.7 Ektar lens used by the US Army Signal Photo Companies in World War 2 The leaf shutter and lens are okay. Curtain of the focal plane shutter looks okay, but the shutter is a little sluggish...

Hougton-Butcher Popular Pressman, Quarter Plate SLR from the 1930s. Featuring a 7" f/3.4 Aldis-Butcher Anastigmat lens. Shutter curtain replaced, new focussing hood fabricated....needs a bit more polish, but ready to go. .....if I can ever find the proper plate/film holders for it.....

Another sexy image of the Leica IIIg shown earlier. Now with slightly tweaked shutter curtain springs and a 90mm f/4 Elmar.

Couple of KW Pilots enjoying the morning sun.

Leica IIIg out in the wild, sporting a 50mm f/1.5 Summarit. Test roll showed the camera needed a bit of a tweak to the shutter spring tension.

Concerning your post about the memorial for "My collaborators", it appears it was put there to remember the casualties of an accident during the construction of the Mirandol railway viaduct. Small memorial for the soldiers of the Black Watch who fell during the attack on a nearby bridge in...

Aushiker, as it says "Liberty" and 1789-1989, I would assume this is to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution. Memorial to the fallen of World War 2 from my hometown. 99 died during the war. Yashica 44 1st US Infantry Division memorial for the GIs killed during the...

Spent this lazy Sunday converting these Zeiss Super Ikontas (530/15) to use 120 film instead of 616. Film plane masks and viewfinder masks added. Bring your own spool adapters. ;)

Spent 2 weeks rebuilding this Midg No.3. Now fully restored to working condition Though I still need to touch up some black paint, nail down bits of the trim and source a bit of rubber tubing for the pneumatic shutter release at this point. Was it all worth the trouble? Probably not...

Now with a fresh new skin

Gear Porn or Slasher Horror? Another Fallling Plate "Detective Camera" added to the collection. I'm guessing it's another Midg. It appears to be "all there" and hopefully with some TLC I can revive it....or at least turn it into a representable shelf-queen/presse-papier/door-stop

Enjoying the near 20C weather we had 2 weeks back Contax I (d), or version 5, with a 5cm f/2.8 Tessar