My GAS has gotten the better of me lately, though to be fair these were priced where I suspect many of you would have succumbed to the temptation.
Up first is lovely little Mamiyaflex Automat A. Fascinating little camera - clearly a Rolleicord derivative, but with a different and very complex automatic frame counter arrangement. The shutter release is nice and large and falls perfectly to hand. Perhaps the most unusual characteristic, however, is that it is fitted with Olympus lenses; from what I'm able to discover, early top-of-the-line Mamiya cameras used Olympus Tessar-formula lenses, while those with triplets used Mamiya's own glass. I had to do a little cleaning and some service and repair (thank you, Mamiya engineers, for making this camera so easy to disassemble), but overall it's in great shape.
Next is a camera I've been thinking about for quite a while, a Voigtländer Bessa II. Those of you familiar with these already know how relatively rare they are (and how pricey they can get); though mine has the lowest-spec Color Skopar lens, the whole camera is just a work of art. This one was dirty but seemingly barely used. I cleaned it up and serviced the shutter and it's working great. Since it saw so little use, the front standard is rock solid. It's big, and it's not the easiest camera to use, but based on my experience with other Voigtländers I have high hopes for both the camera and the massive 6x9 frames it produces.
Now I need to stock up on 120 film.
