My weekend was so cool, on Sunday Jules and I got up at 8.00 am (yes, IN THE MORNING!) and we decided to go out and take some shoots with my Kiev around Aachen cathedral.
I love to take pics at an early time, there is such a wonderful mood, everything's calm and all the streets and places are empty- it's just beautiful, almost meditative for my work.
I bought some different films to see how they will turn out and we shot two of them. I developed the negative film today, can't wait to scan it tomorrow.

And then - today was my lucky day!!!

An old couple came into our store and asked my workmate if we'd have a use for their old camera, they don't use it anymore, they won't sell it, but they also won't throw it away. It was an old 1950's 35mm vintage camera, and he asked me if I'm interested in.

OF COURSE I WAS!!

First, he thought that the shutter was broken, but after I tried to pull the trigger and winded for several times I couldn't notice any damage. It's unbelievable the camera is in such a good shape, even the light meter is still working!
Now I am a proud owner of an Agfa Silette-LK, and it has this beautiful vintage smell of leather. I know, it's not a Leica and you can buy such cameras on ebay for 20 bugs, but it's another thing to adopt a camera someone's owned and to let them know that she is in good hands and doesn't end up in a litter basket. I think they will be happy if they'd knew that I will continue taking pictures with her.

But not enough....

later this day, the same workmate came around and asked me if I'm interested in another vintage camera, he got a second one a customer gave to him.

YAAAY, marked in my calendar: March 1, Camera gift day!!!

This camera is sooo phat, it's an old GDR (in German: DDR) camera in green and silver, very small and well-conceived, you can use the optical protection tube as a lens hood. And: the film winder is the last ring on the lens. You turn it a half rotation to get the camera loaded again.
The manufacturer of this camera is Carl Zeiss Jena and the camera is called Werra. I've never seen a camera like this before. But I love it! And, like the Agfa, everything works, the shutter, the trigger, the shape is perfect!

Now the two little honeys are standing next to my Kiev, both loaded with films and I can't wait to take them out for my next excursion.

Yay!!!!