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...
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.
Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes. Three individual black and white frames shot through Tiffen #25 Red, #58 Green, and #47 Blue filters, respectively, then combined using GIMP to create a trichrome color image.
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