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I have had the numbers and other film marks appearing in Ilford and in Lucky well expired B&W film. If the cause is chemical it must involve diffusion through the film base, which looks strange. It is an interesting problem.

Edge sharpness is indeed a lot less than at the center area, even at f/11. I also have had numbers from the paper imprinted in expired film, it could be a radiochemical thing. The ink from the numbers is not in contact with the emulsion, and definitely it is not a matter of light leaks. Somebody, so...

Does not seem so drastic as it would be if a lens were reversed. Vignetting looks quite normal for the type.

What aperture did you use? A triplet should give better edge sharpness, especially if closed down. Of course this is from 1941 and maybe produced in war economy conditions.

That is a fine performance for lens and film (and the photographer too).

I think pictures are sharp enough, I need to check them in the darkroom as these were just DSLR-scanned quickly.

Understood! Let us know your conclusions!

The Ambion 35 is a fine lens

Indeed! I wonder if these lenses are similar to the ones in the Selectaflex range.

Nice series, I like that fence+tower.

Do you find these sharp enough? With that lens and film, would the plate in the Dredd Scott monument be readable? I must test mine with a similar subject.

Excellent repair job! Looks like a solid, simple camera.

Your test pictures came out quite well. This could be an interesting portrait camera, now that you have a working RF.

Nice results. These must look awesome on a contact print or in reversal.

I like better the tones with Fomapan 100. Did you use filters?

PS. How I miss APX100, it was my bread-n-butter film for years same as the AGFA papers made in Uruguay, they were beautiful. Agfa Brovira indeed! And APX 100 is sorely missed. Yes, you should overdevelop in first stage. 2nd developer, I did by inspection. I did fix after 2nd developer. The diluted ...