Last Wednesday I acquired a crate full of cameras from a friend clearing out their parents' attic. It contained;
- Some plastic fantastic stuff; Nikons, Minoltas, Kodak Disc and a bunch of filters and light meters.
- A Voigtländer Vitomatic.
- A Zeiss Contessa with a stuck shutter.
- A Dallmeyer Special Press Reflex in poor but salvageable condition.
- A lovely Voigtländer Bessa II with Color-Skopar.
She told me she wanted a 'symbolic amount' for it, even after I told her the going value of the Bessa.
I've loaded up the Bessa with
film now. And I'm in the process of restoring the Dallmeyer Reflex;
- Ordered new shutter curtain cloth from Aki-Asahi.
- Ordered a new ground glass from ViSt Kamera.
- Still shopping around for a first surface mirror in the correct thickness.
And Saint Nicholas Eve brought me a couple of photo books;
"Burning Bridges" and "The Bridges Are Ours" - Pictorial History of the 82nd Airborne Division in Holland during Operation Market-Garden by Hendriks & De Trez