After checking the shutter for capping, I put in some seal material (black thread) along the door channels, having learned my lesson from earlier FSU cameras. Loaded with Kodak 100T-Max, I started out using the I-26M, then for the second part of the test switched to the I-22 I had cleaned out last winter. Both lenses performed well, and are matched to the rangefinder.
I usually don’t use a meter, as I find it just gets in the way sometimes, especially if you don’t have a shirt pocket to slip it into. But I could have used one when I went up a mountain road deep into the woods. Though the negatives from that part of the roll were very thin, most of the images were recoverable in PSE10. The lack of a shutter speed slower than 1/30 hampered my idea of showing movement in the water coming down the mountain, but the camera did not cap when I put it on 1/500, and exposures were even across the frame.
I think I’ve got a winner!
Yes, I take photos of people sometimes I-26M
Redcoat by P F McFarland, on Flickr
No capping at 1/500 I-26M
Montgomery Tunnels by P F McFarland, on Flickr
Mid-range focus check I-22
Emerging by P F McFarland, on Flickr
Center-cut I-22
Emerging Crop by P F McFarland, on Flickr
Needs some work I-22
Thin Negative by P F McFarland, on Flickr
After a lot of work I-22
Poplar Glow by P F McFarland, on Flickr
This might look better if I crop that culvert at the bottom I-22
Rocky Drop by P F McFarland, on Flickr
See all the test photos at https://flic.kr/s/aHskEC6gK1 and https://flic.kr/s/aHskGijxo3
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