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<p>Hello everyone -</p> <p>It has been many moons since I have posted here nevertheless I do check in from time to time.<br> Might as well make come back with a silly post. It is very possible that this post does not belong here, so before everyone shouts at once, please accept my apologies in advance.</p> <p>I purchased a Kodak Ektramax from the bay for a couple of bucks.<br> It arrived well packaged like a healthy apple - but quite rotted inside. Advance lever was jammed, and battery leakage had caused major corrosion, which could not be reversed without major surgery (re-wire-solder etc.). <br> Spent a couple of minutes to strip it down to bare parts and removed the lens with its plastic barrel - there it was a tiny f/1.9 lens sitting in the palm of my hand. The rest of the camera was placed in recycling without much ceremony. </p> <p>I set it aside for a couple of days, and this evening I just made a very rough cardboard cut-out and inserted the lens through. This "assembly" was then taped to an old Fuji XE-1 (yes digital), what better way to resurrect this lens rather than letting it sit and collect dust :-).<br> Took a couple of shots. Obviously no aperture control here so f/1.9. A couple of images below with this silly contraption yet entertaining.</p> <p>RJ</p> <p> </p><div></div>

<p>Lovely images Rick, with great color and a nice misty shot in mono. This Kodak is not familiar to us in USA as it was probably made by Kodak UK, interesting looking fun to use I am sure. Regards.</p>

<p>why would you send the camera to ukraine - so many talented repairman in this side of Atlantic. A question in this forum would have saved you a ton of cash.</p>

<p>Excellent location and photos - I love the colors and the crispness of the subjects in focus. Well done John. Currently messing with a Uniflex I and a Delmonta right now myself :-).</p>

<p>What Marco F said.</p>

<p>Superb job - It was very interesting looking at everything step by step.</p>

<p>Wonderful results. Love the contrast shot although they are all superb. Have two of these babies myself with the Voigtlander turn-it accessory. My 3.5cm skoparex and the 100mm are fine, but my ultron has fungus :-(, but surprisingly it does not affect results.</p> <p>Thanks for posting Rick.</p>

<p>Very nice John, good urban shots with a nice high contrast film, well done.</p>

<p>Beautiful camera and photos. Really like all of them.</p>

<p>I cut my own 127 film for my Sawyers Mark IV</p>

<p>I tried to view an Ansco manual and when I clicked the PDF, it said the account has been suspended. Are you experiencing the same?</p>

<p>I picked up a brick of Ultrafine Extreme 400 120 format. Some folks had said that this was HP5 but time differs by about 30 seconds in D76 stock. Packaging is identical to Ilford's though. Any ideas?</p> <p>Thanks</p>