Don, thank you. Great postings.
I was having a trawl around recently and was amazed to find you can still get a new Voigtlander Bessa for £545 (body only). It really showed me how much film camera prices have collapsed. £400 for a standard 50mm lens though.......
Apart from the Zenit quality quip, which I agree is a the sort of comment that would make you snort soup out through your nose if made at an inappropriate moment, the comment Alex made that brought a smile to my lips was "the shutter fires accurately". Really? The leaves and springs must have been replaced with some fancy modern electronics then. Even when new, there was a certain amount of variation depending on temperature etc. Lord only knows how the ravages of 70 years have acted upon the mechanism. Have you had it serviced and calibrated Alex? That'll put the initial £20 cost into perspective.
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