I'm now set up in the 6x6 square department. I won an auction for a Flexaret Va. A wonderful Czech TLR. This has a better lens than the Flexaret IIIa that I have. The one I have also has some film advancement problems. Thank goodness for the red window. I will be using these for portraits. I love the square format for taking pictures of people.

It will take a few weeks to get here but I will be using my IIIa in the meantime. My daughter, Jenny, is running off to Seattle for a couple of days to be with her husband before he returns to Iraq next Sunday. I will be doing babysitting duties over the next two days with my grandchildren — a 6 year old, a 5 year old, and a 7 month old. Picture taking will ensue.

I forgot that I had put up a test shot from the Flexaret IIIa. The link goes to a large higher quality image.

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Not bad for a three element lens. The Va that's coming has a better lens. I'm excited.