if Willie Nelson has a camera, it might looks like this...

[pinkarmy]

i want a taste of all legendary rangefinders but cannot afford the pricetags, so i always lay my hands on well-beaten ones.
to be honest if i paid $500 for a mint one i may not have the nerve to actually use it. 😱

here's my Voigtlander Vito III w/ ultron 1:2/50

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i might keep it that way and not re-cover it. 😀

wanna share pictures of your well-beaten (but also well-loved) cameras?

 

[tunalegs]

Recovering a camera can be fun though! Plus less risk of tetanus.

Edit: Oh, but to contribute, I have this circa 1925 Ansco. Unuseable because of light leaks, but beaten just the same

Here is it's simpler, and somewhat less beaten cousin: