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I am in the process of fixing up another Voigtländer
..so cool!
Wish I had the patience (and talent) to do stuff like that.. I remember trying to fix the shutter of one of my L35AF's once, I failed, and felt like I needed a holiday afterwards 😅Hope all goes well with the Voigtländer, looking forward to the first pictures!
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I am in the process of fixing up another Voigtländer. A VF135 which is basically identical to the Rollei XF35. I've seen these Rolleis pop up a lot recently at flea markets etc. with people asking insane prices. They are quite cheaply made shutter and aperture automatic compact rangefinders. And most of them are somewhat broken. One issue I saw with almost all of them is the rangefinder being off at infinity. My VF135 is in absolute mint condition and still had that issue but I fixed it by now. It was also missing the battery cap. A replacement battery cap is 20 euros but I managed to get a broken XF35 for 10 euros, including the battery cap and now I am in a rabbit hole trying to repair that whole camera...
The VF135 is almost ready to test now. To adjust the rangefinder you have to peel back the leatherette and I need to glue it back in place.
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