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9 July, 2025

One roll of film, two cameras

By Roger

9 July, 2025

/ Wirgin Auta, Zeiss Nettar, /

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Stuart Jenkins on Konica Autorex – Shooting full and half frames on the same roll of film
Thanks Bob. The red range is fixed, and the red bump is the target for the battery check function. Later…
Stuart Jenkins on Konica Autorex – Shooting full and half frames on the same roll of film
Thanks Danilo! I hadn't thought about the X-Pan, but yes it's basically doing the same thing.

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