An old Exakta gifted to me – looks like it’s been gathering dust for quite a while but Exakta made some fine cameras and have something of a cult following- seems to function well but willing to bet it has light leak issues so I’ll take it apart, clean it up, make whatever repairs are necessary and give it a go.
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Belongs to a friend and been sitting around for years, they “think” it worked when they initially got it. Never stripped down one of these before but it should either be interesting or a hair puller – will be one of those down time projects as it’s more complicated than you think – need to try and locate a couple of missing keys and who knows what else ………..
For all we know Hemingway or Steinbeck might have used something similar
Friend asked awhile back if I could fix this – been in this exact location for over twenty years – thinking Noah may have used it to power the Ark
I’ve long suspected that squirrels play games, and by games I don’t mean just the usual antics we laugh about like chasing each other around or the aerial acrobatics they perform in trees.
Or the barking and scolding they some times do at those passing by, a suspicion I consider confirmed by the discovery of these scattered about dominoes as though a game were interrupted and in the hurry to gather the currency of nuts and assorted edibles they either dropped or overlooked.
I’m also given to wonder if there is a comparable Gamblers Anonymous or similar program for our bushy tailed friends – if not perhaps there should be.
I think it inarguable that religion has become something of a muddled mess in what has been referred to as the World’s “3 Great Religions” – while helping to organize a now deceased friends shop/garage which happened to be a chaotic mess and running across this particular item it set me to thinking about religion and it’s current state of affairs.
My friend by no means ascribed to any denomination, faith, or spiritual beliefs, but he was a collector of just about anything that caught his eye and apparently this did.