Fluidr / T&T and Mr B's "Tom's analog November 2012" set

N 4 B 1.5K C 8 E Nov 5, 2012 F Nov 5, 2012

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"Authentic" Kriegsmarine Leica/Fed. I suspect that there will soon be a market for Leica III's, converted to Fed's - as most of those have been painted and faked by now!
I like the black barrel of the lens too!

Tags: Leica R6 Leica Macro Elmarit 60mm f2.8 PCK 8 min TriX Swap meet Fed Leica Zorki

G306 #6 Swap meet November 4th

N 4 B 231 C 3 E Nov 5, 2012 F Nov 5, 2012

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Yesterday (Nov 4th) was "Swap Meet Day" and we all enjoyed the hustle and bustle of cameras and friends.
This was the smaller of the two meets held in Vancouver (the big one is in April). About 35 tables of stuff.
I unloaded some pieces - and, true to form, picked some other pieces. These were "freebies" - a D76R (D76 replenisher) - must be old as the pricetag says $1,69!
Also got a 100 ft roll of Ilford FP4+, just a year out of date too. Swapped a Olympos XA for it.
My PCK was down to the "dregs" and it shows - lots of specks on it. Need to decide what soup to use next for TriX/XX.

Tags: Leica R6 Leica Macro Elmarit 60mm f2.8 PCK 8 min TriX Swap meet

G306 #3 Horizon 202

N 3 B 238 C 2 E Nov 5, 2012 F Nov 5, 2012

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A very good deal - $110! I have had several Horizon's, both the earlier chrome ones and the 202. They are actually quite good - occasionally they need to be lubed and adjusted - but once working, they tend to keep doing it! However, I had forgotten what a pain they are too load!!!!!
Shot a test roll today, as we did have some sun. Process later.

Tags: Leica R6 Leica Macro Elmarit 60mm f2.8 PCK 8 min TriX Swap meet Horizon 202

G306 #2 PA Curtagon 35mm f4.0

N 2 B 253 C 1 E Nov 5, 2012 F Nov 5, 2012

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I usually have a Perspective Control lens around - but for the last couple of years I have been without one - so when this one came up for a very good price (mostly trading of some stuff - about $400 value overall) - I went for it.

Tags: Leica R6 Leica Macro Elmarit 60mm f2.8 PCK 8 min TriX Swap meet PA Curtagon 35mm f4.0

G306 #1 Back from the Swap meet

N 3 B 274 C 5 E Nov 5, 2012 F Nov 5, 2012

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The M2 was my best deal of the day (mind you - M2's are close to my heart!). A guy was walking around with it and a sticker on it - $320. I checked the camera, curtains seem light tight, rangefinder was off in the horizontal direction - took 5 minutes to adjust. Speeds seems OK and it is a very late one # 1163xxx. Again, shot a test roll, will process later. Baseplate is a bit scuffed, top is very clean as is viewfinder/rangefinder.

Tags: Leica R6 Leica Macro Elmarit 60mm f2.8 PCK 8 min TriX Swap meet Leica M2