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Great lenses, worst built and design ever.
 
My Yashica-44A, made in 1959. I still could shoot 127 film with it, thanks to Rerapan (or DIY cut&respooled 120 or 35mm).


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Picked up my first TLR! Was a bit of a basket case but for $95 shipped I had to take a chance. Anyway from my research it's an early K4B with 7.5cm f3.5 Tessar. Interestingly I can't find a serial # and I assume it should be on the nameplate but its not, maybe a replacement? First I had to straighten and pound out a dent in the corner of the film door near where the winding lever rests, cleaned the mirror, cleaned both lenses of a little haze, the magnifier wasn't even attached, so I made a pin from a paperclip and it works perfectly. Test phots show all speeds working correctly and no light leaks! Overall I'm a happy camper! Still need to give it a good spit and polish...

 
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Lots of great ideas in this camera, too bad they stopped making them when they did - very innovative and could have had a great future, but...anyway - I'm glad I have one of these. For sure one great piece of TLR history.

I just acquired a Voigtlander Superb myself. It's off getting serviced - the mirror is shot, focus is stiff, and who knows what the shutter is really doing.
 
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