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Old 15th February 2021, 09:28 PM
John King John King is offline
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I had a brief ownership of one in the middle 1960's. It was the basic model, no rangefinder, meter or anything else. There was even one that had interchangeable lenses.

I didn't keep mine for long, the rotating collar around the lens to wind it on and cock the shutter failed and I couldn't afford to have it repaired. That was a known weak spot with them and winding on has to be treated with respect. I had been gentle with it, but it wasn't new so had it been abused before I bought it?

I did find the fixed F2.8 Tessar absolutely brilliant.
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