Here are a couple more that scanned this morning. I bought this camera in 1992 at a used camera store in Seattle. It came with an early 100mm lens and an early non-anatomical grip. I don't know the history before that other than the manual that came with it was property of the Santa Monica Police Department. I was getting back into photography and the Universal gave me the biggest negative in medium format, a rangefinder, and it's a system camera. I got it with a ground glass back. Oh, yes. It was cheaper than anything else in it's class.
Three years ago I picked up a
Super 23 with a bad rangefinder and a good lens and grip that is now on the Universal. I
removed the rangefinder from the Super 23 and then took to a machine shop to be
flat topped. I took off the cable from the grip. Too much slop. I prefer to use the shutter release on the lens.
The Universal is heavy but handles well with the grip. I carried it around with me, along with an Olympus XA2, on a trip I made to Washington, DC, and New York City a year ago. I have entries from my journal as well as pictures taken with XA2 and this Universal
here. Most of the pictures are with the XA2 but the Universal pictures are identified with "MF". I also use it for product photography.
If I'm going to be doing close-ups I will need to clean the camera off a little better.
