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Rollei XF 35 at Transportation Museum

It snowed during the night late Saturday, but the "Clipper" passed through and the sun came out bright on Sunday.
I loaded a roll of Walgreens ASA 200 print film into the little Rollei XF 35 (untested since I purchased it the end of last year) and headed over to the Museum of Transportation.
Most of the Museum was closed off to pedestrians due to slick walkways, but there was plenty of stuff accessible for a film test.
Some of the indoor shots were available light, some were assisted with a little one-battery electronic flash, Sears Model # 330.80170. I made a miscalculation of guide number at the Museum, and my flash shots were about one stop underexposed.

Camera does have its limitations.
It has rangefinder focusing, but closest distance is 3.5 feet.
There is no manual exposure control. The metering has one program mode, that sets shutter speed and aperture combinations ranging from 1/30 second at f/2.3 to 1/650 second at f/16.
The flash mode ties aperture to focus distance, all at 1/30 second, and limits the upper range of focus distance according to preset guide number.

But I thought most results were pleasing enough, benefit of the Sonnar 2,3/40 lens.

Please click on thumbnails to see enlarged.
All images are Copyright 2013 E.J.Kowalski.
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