Frankenstein Moskva 5

[tonythebullet]

I recently acquired a Moskva 5 rangefinder as a result of my RF buying addiction. It finally arrived all the way from Ukraine wrapped in signature brown paper. The camera appears to have a Tessar lens, The shooting experience is quite interesting. The shutter button is on the "wrong" (left) side of the camera. Rangefinder is typical of cameras of this age. I am not sure if it's a good candidate for street shooting but it seems like an excellent large pocket size landscape shooter. I just wanted to share images of this beauty with RFF especially given the odd lens.


I went out and shot a test roll right away but unfortunately, I managed to expose it while loading it in the developing tank. Another test roll is already in, waiting to capture overgrown weeds in my backyard.

 

[GaryLH]

Enjoy. Once u get hooked on rf folders there is no turning back. 😀

Gary

 

[JPD]

Maybe the earlier owner had a bad example of the Industar lens, or maybe the front element was cracked by an accident, and found a 1940 Tessar to replace it with. The Industar is a copy of the Tessar, and if you're lucky the focus lenght will agree with the rangefinder. Please report back after you have processed your first test roll!

The results will be more german than russian. 😀

 

[oftheherd]

That is a little unusual. It will be interesting to see how it goes.