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<p>Hi-ho Everyone,</p>

<p>It has been a while since I posted. The reason is I only have one classical manual camera left. My loveable Alpenflex TLR. Alas it will not be useable soon. The aperture lever is so loose I think it will fall out the next time I use it. I have one roll of Ilford HP4 in the refrigerator. Once I load it into the Alpenflex and shot it the Alpenflex will become a shelf queen. Too bad as I like the rustic images the camera produces.</p>

<p>Here is the roll of Ilford HP4 I shot earlier this. Enjoy.</p>

<p>Mike</p><div></div>

<p>More information from camerpedia.org<br>

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Lyra_Flex<br>

or<br>

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Lyraflex_%28postwar%29</p>

<p>Japanese page. Try a google.com translation.</p>

<p>http://blog.murablo.jp/now/kiji/176611.html</p>

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<p>The camera is spoken for. Please no more messages. Thanks.</p>

<p>Contact me via PM.</p>

<p>I sold a Konica I camera to someone in the States. They want to return it. The film counter is broken. It does not wind. I do not want it. Anyway, one it for the price of shipping from the Eastern United States?</p>

<p>Mike</p>

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<p>Photo 11</p>

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<p >This past week my family and I went to Tokyo for short vacation. Tokyo is only 100 kilometers from our hometown. However, taking the local milk run train is a trip of endurance and patience with a three-year old and a one-year old in toe. The train departs virtually empty, but after 30-minutes it is standing room only. After 1-hour train platform conductors are needed to push passengers into the train. After 1-hour and 1 minute my three-year old asked `Are we in Tokyo yet?` for the next 45-minutes. After 1-hour and 45-minutes we arrived at Ueno station where I was happy to get easy access to a toilet and pass my one-year to my wife.</p>

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<p >I had planned to take a half-day exploring the camera stores around Shinjuku station, but that did not come to fruition. I ended up having too much fun with my kids. The little and simplest pleasures brought them such delight. The first day we dealt with a heavy downpour, so we stayed inside shopping in Shinjuku station. My wife took our daughter shopping and I explored Shinkuku`s skyscrapers with my son. Shinjuku`s government buildings and skyscrapers are connected to Shinjuku station through a series of underground walkways so no need to go outside to face the harsh weather. </p>

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<p >Luckily, the next day skies were clear. We headed to Odaiba. Odaiba is a grand multi-billion dollar shopping, entertainment and business district built on Tokyo`s rundown and delict port district. Development has taken place over-time, so I guess in for a dollar in for two more. Everything and anything you need is there. There are massive apartment complexes, huge shopping malls, umpteen upscale hotels, a major TV studio, the largest indoor hot spring in Japan, a national technology research center, a college for training ocean shipping crews and warehouse upon warehouse. It is a city onto itself. My wife loves it for it open vistas and shopping complexes. I love it for the many opportunities it offers for taking photos. Like Shinjuku the day before we separated. My wife took our daughter shopping and I took my son for a long walk in his stroller. Luckily, for me my son took a long nap, which freed me to take photos at a leisurely pace.</p>

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<p >Taking photos of Odabai is time consuming. Why? Because I think there are so many good and interesting photos. I could visit for a week and not really do justice to the area. This time around I took a Nikon F90 mount with a MANUAL Tamron 35-70mm F3.5 BBRC 17A Macro lens. It takes a Tamron Adaptall 2 adapter ring. This lens astounds me. The bokeh is just so smooth and it is sharp. The one I have focuses counter to Nikon lenses, so at first it was kind of quirky getting focus correct, but in the end I have a very nice lenses.</p>

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<p >I hope everyone enjoys the photos. The photos were shot Fuji Neopan 400. It was develope in Fuji Super Prodol at 20C for 7-minutes.</p><div></div>