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It is as I had feared. When I shot the first test roll and heard and felt the grinding of the mechanisms inside the camera body, which gave me the distinct impression of wanting to be left alone to die in peace, I thought "Oy vey. This is not a good thing."

And when I saw the scans of the processed film and saw that the film transport apparently doesn't work reliably after the 24th shot or so, I shook my head in dismay and thought: "This is definitely not a good thing."

But then I took a good look at those shots that had come out well, I sat down heavily, in amazement and I thought: "Cor. This is a good thing."

Sharpness, contrast, colour rendering, creamy bokeh, it's all there.

So, now what? I think I can work around that film transport problem by just using 24 exposure rolls, if I can confirm that the problem will turn up only if the wound up roll is too thick.

By the way, a Contarex Special with a Planar 1:2 50mm lens was what astronaut Ed White used during his EVA on the Gemini IV flight in June 1965.

Camera: Zeiss Ikon Contarex Spezial (built between 1960 and 1963)

Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar 1:2 50mm Contarex Mount

Ilford FP4 125 Black&White film

Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de

First Norwich 63322 by Stuart Robert Barber

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First Norwich 63322 on Green Line 14A to The Plumsteads. 01st March 2023.

First Tulips...... by Garry's lens....

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The Camera's come out of lock down for the first tulips of the season......

First Essex 69532 by George Batchelor

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First Essex 69532 (PL05 UBR

Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse

Route C1 to Galleywood

Dkue Street, Chelmsford, Essex

Taken on 18/06/2022

Copyright George Batchelor 2022

This bus was new to Tyrers before heading to Transdev Lancashire United and then First Eastern Counties at Ipswich before transferring to Essex.

First Snow Day by Three Little Birds

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First Light by Donald Beaton

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The sun rising and lighting up the mountain peaks of Glen Affric. The whole glen was filled with mist, however the peak of Carn Fiaclach was in the clear.

First Glasgow - SN65 OFZ (33984) by MSE062

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Another covid loan bus, this time from Caledonia Depot. 33984 is seen here at Drumchapel Station about to head back to Govan on the 3.

First Rain by Hugh Stickney

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First Glasgow Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini by Exiled Bhoy no longer in Fife

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Olden but no longer golden.....

Poor 37205 (KSU391) must be a regular visitor to the paint booth at First Glasgow’s Caledonia Depot as it’s possibly the only vehicle to have been painted in two branded liveries and then been painted back out of them into standard livery. The bus - which was delivered as SF57MKA - originally was refurbished, re-registered and rebranded for the U1/U2 services for the University of the West of Scotland in Lanarkshire and received a red front.

Sadly that service didn’t prove as popular as expected, and so it was then repainted again with a gold front for the X1 Hamilton - Glasgow Express.

However as a result of COVID-19, First have now elected to withdraw the X1, along with some other routes such as the X2 and 32 services. It’s now been repainted in standard livery, but unusually - for a First Glasgow bus at least - it retains the large Glasgow fleet name. And it looks a whole lot better for it as a result.

First Dev by peakbagger_trin

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Took some test shots to confirm/rule out issues from my first go round with the Graphic. This is also the first time I've self developed film. Well, OK there was high school but I zombied my way through that. LOTS OF ISSUES. Major dust problems, big scratches on the negative, creased the negative due to using the 'taco method etc etc. Putting it out there for everyone to see! ha!

First Snow by Georgette

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And of course, I had to move my stuff back into my condo after renovating my floors. :P

First Glasgow 67045 SN65OGX by J.G1004

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first by uoıʇnloʌǝɹʍol

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scenic highway, louisiana

olympus pen ee s

First Pic ;P by Lily Clare

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First Chocolate Lilly! by Richard Powell

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Revuenon 55mm 1.2, HDR in Aurora, preset Exterior Day + Shadows at 34%

First London TN33240 Rail replacement Newington Green (133_3307) by In Memoriam: plcd1

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First TN 33240, a Dennis Trident / Plaxton President, is seen at Newington Green on North London Line Rail Replacement Service. First time with double decks.

first x-men by Werner B.

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die sakrale Kunst finde ich schon sehr merkwürdig.

First 10036 W119CWR by Tim Jennings

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U1 at Bath University.

First snow... by Marco Stellini

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First thought best by Mills Wrightson

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VOLVO B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban - First Larbert by Mike Brocklebank

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69282 SN57 JCJ....North Hanover Street,Glasgow.

first snow by Anton Funseth

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First Glasgow 38494 by Stuart Robert Barber

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First Glasgow 38494 on service 88 to Harestanes. 04th February 2023.

First Bloom by Karl Wolfgang

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12 March - first bloom of 2019. “I must have flowers, always, and always.”

― Claude Monet

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke

First York 35931 by Stuart Robert Barber

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Brand new First York 35931 for University of York services 66 and 67.

35931 arriving at Campus of University of York on route 67. 09th November 2022.

First Glasgow 37201 SF07FCM by J.G1004

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Here we have First Glasgow's 37201, one of the latest to hit the road in the new branded 61 livery. It is interesting to note that 37201 is the first one to still retain its original number plate, with its contemporaries all having received former routemaster WLT number plates.

First spring cookies by Люба Златкова

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First Air 737 by galenburrows

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First YX66WKH by Lukes transport photos UK (lucas.d410)

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First Yorkshire brand new Enviro 400MMC YX66WKH 33485 is seen leaving Leeds Bus Station on an X84 service, 17th March

First Essex 66815 by George Batchelor

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First Essex 66815 (MX05 CDV)

Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse

Route 351 to Chelmsford via Margaretting and Westway.

Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex

Taken on 08/04/2022

First touchdown by European Space Agency

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This image from Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera is marked to show the location of the first touchdown point of the Philae lander. It is thought that Philae bounced twice before settling on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The OSIRIS image was taken from a distance of 50 km on 2 September 2014, prior to landing.

Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA (CC BY-SA 4.0)

First 63082 SN14DUA by tomstransportsphotos

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Scotstoun Depot by Ewan Gray

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Buses being lined up prepared for the early run in.

First Run by Jonathan Lee

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Metra 73 and 93, newly acquired from Amtrak and pretty fresh from California's Surfliners, fly upgrade west of Racine Avenue, Chicago, with Milwaukee District North Line train 2119 for Grayslake. This is their first official revenue run with Metra.

First Snow by Beth McCarley

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First snow of the season started the night before, so the horses were very frisky when they got out this morning. Unfortunatly I was shooting in Super 8 for my final film project when they were first set loose, so they had calmed down a bit by the time I was able to start playing with stills.

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First SN14TUV by Mike McNiven

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First Manchester SN14TUV 33856 seen on Rochdale Road, Oldham on service 83 to Oldham Mumps Interchange

First Student #MCMT1989 by ThoseGuys119

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First York 47474 SN14 EAJ by lowdekka

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Seen in York on the 12

First 33111 @ Truro by Barney Staples

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First Devon & Cornwall 33111 (PJ02 PZP) at Truro Railway Station Yard on 05-03-2015.

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