While I consider myself to be primarily a “medium format guy,” I own a great many 135 cameras as well, and really enjoy their myriad forms and feature sets — from dirt simple to sophisticated, from fully manual to fully automatic. And while there are exceptions (e.g., Rolleiflex, Duaflex, etc.), I don’t often dip into mid-century gear of any kind, since it can often be problematic (and expensive) to keep it all operational. That hasn’t kept me from lusting after some of the more revered cameras of that period, however, and in fact, I was hunting for a Zeiss Ikon of some sort when I instead took home another camera that had been on my mind: a Kodak Retina.
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Camera Repair: Specialist, or Generalist?
As my camera collection has now reached the point where the cameras can be counted in dozens instead of one at a time, there’s one aspect of old cameras I’ve come to know pretty well: getting them repaired. And recent experiences have driven home a choice we often make when having our older cars repaired too — do I take it to a generalist, or a specialist?
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