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My great grandfather's aid in learning English in preparation for his naturalization exam.

A long time ago I looked for a Rollei 35 at a reasonable price but couldn't find one, so got a Minox 35 EL. It worked fine, but I was used to true rangefinders and often was off by a fraction with zone focusing, so sold it. I ended up with an Olympus Stylus for my keep in the car camera, but have rarely used it in the last 5 years.

I've found there is a bit of a "getting used to it". I went thru a similar process as you with my Ricoh Diacord (I hated my Rolleiflex viewing screen). I cleaned the mirror, rear of the viewing lens, and the focusing screen. Tried a Maxwell and wasn't really impressed. Got an Oleson, shimmed it, and changed the viewing magnifier and all was copasetic. Discovered that I ALWAYS needed to use the magnifier, which initially was annoying, but I eventually got used to it. Once you get everything in place and learn to feel comfortable with it, you'll have a blast.

Leica M4 35mm Summicron Asph Fuji Superia 200

Trying to decide if she wanted to try cuy (roasted guinea pig)

Hurricane Ridge, Washington's Olympic Peninsula

Progress from previous photo

Sony A7Rii Canon Fd 135/2.0