"Soldiers live out of their pockets" was the biggest idea behind the design of the M43. The M43 uniforms and buckle boots appeared earliest...

Depends on how it's been stored. You can do quite a bit of maintenance yourself The grease can dry out in the shutter, causing it to be somewhat slug...

Details, details, Yith.

Is it because of me posting all those pictures taken with vintage cameras that everyone appears to be buying old folders? Well I'm in the lead wit...

Camouflage Helmet covers are indeed not found in the ETO, And the parachute silk covers are not quite so common I think that every AB unit should hav...

Finally some pictures of the stuff I got earlier Early-war Leica IIIc, with "red curtain" shutter, and without slow-speed dial lock. My ...

My second Leica IIIc finally arrived! Red Curtain Shutter, no slow-speed dial lock. Nice example of a Pre-1942 IIIc. It has a post-war base-plate thou...

Lightmeter?! That's cheating! I just like being able to calculate reasonable correct exposure settings by eye. Sunny: 100 ISO, 1/100th, F11 Light Ov...

Yith, I don't know how adapt you are with manual cameras. I assume CW sent you 200 or 400 ISO film. Modern C-41 film is a lot more forgiving on expo...

Franka Rollfix camera. My grandfather took this from a German PoW in Italy during the war. (I only found out about this yesterday when my Dad gave me...

've been mostly eating Spare Ribs....ergh...a bit too much.... *runs for the bog*