These are from the Retina IIa I took to Paris that started breaking film because the advance was so stiff. Paul Barden cleaned out the seventy year old grease, cleaned, adjusted and lubricated it and it works great. It's even really easy to rewind the film now.
T have owned about ten different Retinas, IIIc, a couple or IIc's, four different IIa's, a post war Model 1 and a couple of 1a's. Most have been given away or sold, currently I have the IIa and a 1a. This is the first time I have used color film with any of them. There was a roll of Flic Aurora 800 hiding in my bag. The weather had been dark and rainy, so it seemed appropriate to use. Until today. It was a brilliantly bright early spring day. My meter kept telling me f16 @ 1000 and the best the camera could do wa 16 @ 500. Some of the images have a touch of manipilation to knock down the brightness but very little. The Schneider lens is really nice and next time out I'll load it with some Fujicolor 400.
