Exakta IW TL500 FP4 Aug24 8
Don't look too close, that developing is awful. Not yet getting on very well with 510 Pyro and I managed to under develop this roll of FP4 by a reasonable margin. Still, this was only ever about testing another camera.
The Exakta TL500 has been in the collection for quite a long time and somehow, always at of the back of the queue for light seals, clean etc. It came with it's original box and a very unused look. The lens a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar, had fungus and grime from decades of inactivity. There was some fungus left after cleaning, but it doesn't seem to have stopped the lens doing okay. The camera is a little odd, but very well made and actually feels rather nice in use. It's one of the cameras made under the Ihagee name, but in Japan. It's an odd blend of Japanese refinement and East German robustness. Another one that might be staying a while.
Exakta IW TL500 FP4 Aug24 8
Don't look too close, that developing is awful. Not yet getting on very well with 510 Pyro and I managed to under develop this roll of FP4 by a reasonable margin. Still, this was only ever about testing another camera.
The Exakta TL500 has been in the collection for quite a long time and somehow, always at of the back of the queue for light seals, clean etc. It came with it's original box and a very unused look. The lens a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar, had fungus and grime from decades of inactivity. There was some fungus left after cleaning, but it doesn't seem to have stopped the lens doing okay. The camera is a little odd, but very well made and actually feels rather nice in use. It's one of the cameras made under the Ihagee name, but in Japan. It's an odd blend of Japanese refinement and East German robustness. Another one that might be staying a while.