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Thank you 🙏,
The Voigtländer is ready to test and I took it out yesterday. Not yet finished the roll.

I’ve always been a tinkerer and at times it's even therapeutic to me. What makes it easier is that most of the cameras I took apart so far where super cheap flea market finds and partly broken. So nothing to loose here only wins.
I recently picked up an Olympus Pen FT and the film advance is very rough but I am much more hesitant taking it apart as it works otherwise and was much more expensive. Maybe some day.

They are Schwalbe G One Allround in 2.25 but size up wider on my rims.
Handling is great. On road and off road. I did ride quite some single track stuff on it. On a sporty drop bar bike like this I wouldn’t want 700c x 50mm(+). Feels wrong to me. I got my hart tail for that. I don’t know if there is scientific evidence for that but the 650b wheels feel more agile to me. I used to have a second wheel set to be able to swap to 700c but in the end I didn’t really do that. No need.

I am running 650b x 2.3" on my Secan 2.5 with very comfortable clearance.

My lock-up klunker. Single-speed, coaster brake. A cheap 26" mtb frame where someone brazed in some crude horizontal dropouts. I paid more for the cockpit than for the whole rest of the bike.

Haha, sorry not sorry. Make sure to share how you build yours!

I am in the process of fixing up another Voigtländer. A VF135 which is basically identical to the Rollei XF35. I've seen these Rolleis pop up a lot recently at flea markets etc. with people asking insane prices. They are quite cheaply made shutter and aperture automatic compact rangefinders. And most of them are somewhat broken. One issue I saw with almost all of them is the rangefinder being off at infinity. My VF135 is in absolute mint condition and still had that issue but I fixed it by now. It was also missing the battery cap. A replacement battery cap is 20 euros but I managed to get a broken XF35 for 10 euros, including the battery cap and now I am in a rabbit hole trying to repair that whole camera...
The VF135 is almost ready to test now. To adjust the rangefinder you have to peel back the leatherette and I need to glue it back in place.

I am still lost for words. Thank you, Hayley, for touching our lives, for inspiring and witty essays about bike pop culture, and for teaching me a lot about social and structural injustice.
I am lucky I got the chance to meet you.

Just your regular Kodak Gold 200

A few weeks back I picked up a Voigtländer Vitoret DR on the flea market for next to nothing. The lens seemed super nice and it's a fully mechanical camera with a decoupled selenium light meter that was still reactive. It's at least 54 years old.
After I cleaned it inside out and roughly checked if the light meter readings made any sense I took it with me on a walk through Vienna and on a trip to my sister. I just got the scans back and I gotta say I am very positively impressed by the image quality. Amazing camera for the money.

I don't have any first-hand experience (yet). I got a Plustek OpticFilm 7600i scanner waiting at my parents for me. I am very tempted by the mentioned SmartConvert for that batch convert feature. A lot of people seem to be using Negative Lab Pro, a plugin for Lightroom, and the results look great but honestly, it looks very tedious to me to use it.
Multiple export and import steps before you get your result(s). Just seems like a bad workflow for me.

@salad, @M_V, I guess the real win of this system is speed. It scans film very fast and they also offer their own software which looks a bit like Negative Lab Pro but it's stand-alone.
The software can watch folders for new files and can auto-crop and then convert based on templates you create. If you have a camera tethered to a laptop, taking a photo with a button press and then saving it straight to your PC, getting it auto-converted, then this would be an incredibly fast way to scan a roll. Potentially even multiple if the same settings are applicable. Like scanning two or three rolls of the same film stock from the same location.

Thanks @salad for the hint on those Portra 160 5er packs. Not as cheap anymore with shipping to Austria but still the best price I could find. Shot my first roll and I really like that film stock 💸

Absolute hot stuff. Have to agree with @MisterMikkel. I love the LEGO approach and how you make things work for you. Excited to see the final build.

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Wow, that's pretty cool. Could be an interesting thing to try. I don't really have any experience with long-time exposure.
Don't even have a tripod.

What do you photograph at night? The last time I enjoyed that was in New York with lots of Neon signs etc.

How do you approach photography with winter creeping in, less light and greyer skies? I am usually very much a good-weather photographer. I like warm tones and interesting contrasts created by strong and sharp shadows.
Any tips for winter photography?

Saw it at Bespoked! Such a rad little bike.

I do have one.
I also have a really bright battery-powered light I am using on day and short trips. It's just a bit tricky to charge on the go.
So, really, I am looking for some autonomy while touring, but ideally, I also don't need two (main) lights when riding in the woods at night (not counting a head lamp).

Thank you,
I run that light on my commuter and I think it's the best bang for a buck dynamo light but I want something with more power.

I am in the market for a light for a Bikepacking MTB. Something that

1. mounts nicely on the side of a Pelago front rack
   
2. bright enough for off-road riding
   
3. best light output at mid-range speed
   
4. bonus: USB charger
   
   

On paper, it seems like the Sinewave Beacon V2 ticks all the boxes. I really like that you can also run it from a power bank and not just from the dynamo.
Is it bright enough?

The SuperNova M99 DY Pro seems amazingly bright but has no other features.

KLite gets good reviews and seems to tick all the boxes too but I can't get myself to pay that much money on something that looks like I 3D printed it at home.

Should I wait for the SON Ladelux?

I am German but currently living in Austria.
Thanks for the link!

I mostly shoot Kodak Gold 200 and my local film studio sells them in very reasonably priced 3 packs at 27 euro. That is the cheapest colour film I am regularly buying.

Is that 19" c-t? Does it need a long squishy fork?

Very curious about the Vandal works Genesis.
Dibs pending size.