motivation ...

[Godfrey]

I've got an Agfa Rondinax 60 daylight developing tank on the way and figured I had to shoot a roll of 120 to try it out. So I pulled out the Voigtländer Perkeo II, fitted a Präsiza rangefinder, and loaded it with TX ...

It's a sweet camera. I'm going to enjoy shooting the next 12 exposures. 🙂

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[Godfrey]

Ach, spoke too soon. The Perkeo's little geared gizmo that does the film transport to shutter release interlock has gotten stuck, and the interlock release lever (used when loading) is jammed as well so I can't just advance it manually. Back to the shop it goes ...

One of the excitements of playing with 64-year-old cameras is that they sometimes just get cranky. ;-)

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[photomoof]

Where do you send a camera like this one?

 

[Godfrey]

Where do you send a camera like this one?

My friend Fred Mueller of International Camera Technicians in Mountain View, CA, takes care of these cameras for me: http://www.ictcamera.com

I dropped it off on the way home today. 🙂

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[FrankS]

Its a great little camera but those interlocks!

 

[Godfrey]

Its a great little camera but those interlocks!

I agree. If it proves to remain troublesome, I'll have Fred disable them and just use the ruby window to wind it on manually.

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