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My uncle has been holding onto this for many years.  He asked if I wanted it.  So naturally I said yes.  Please.  Now!!!

It is a Voigtlander Brilliant.  Made in 1938 in Germany.  My grand-uncle was in France in World War 2, battling zombies (I mean Nazis).  And he used this camera during his time in the war.  Odd thing was that being a German camera and he was battling German soldiers, I speculate that the camera might have been smuggled.  No proof of that, just a speculation.

It uses 120 medium format film.  The pictures sizes are 6×6 (60mm by 60mm – much bigger than the full frame 35mm – and about 400 times bigger than the embarrassment of a sensor I have on my Canon Powershot)

I immediately took a roll of Ilford Delta Pro 400, and will be getting the negatives back on Friday (karma willing).

If you have any comments or questions, I would be glad to fake my way through them