View showing camera front tank like qualities. Notice well set back front element of Helios-44 lens, this makes a good lens hood for most general use photography.  As you can see the lens assembly is of very sturdy construction.  In fact all the detail parts of this camera appear to be of very high quality. 

View showing camera bottom in detail.  The camera incorporates two Contax  type key locks.   This allows you to remove the back for easy film loading albeit it is some times difficult to get the camera back together.  The film take up spool tends to move out of position therefore not making correct contact with the back - this therefore can be a tiresome process. Also as the take up spool is loose in the camera it can fall out or even get lost in time.  This is where Leica and its Soviet clones score well as the spool tends to have an interferance fit and  stick in place. also shown is the Pentaprism removed from the camera.

Above are two photographs taken with the Start at Woolpit steam 2006.

As you can see and also  mentioned towards the beginning of this website.  This website is a work in progress and not that well organized.  My excuse is that I see this as  a sort of scrap book -  OK it is just a first attempt at using free software to create an interesting website. The next camera I decide to do will be more polished and will probably be the Zenit 3m SLR or the folding Kodak Retinette.  I am still on a steep learning curve on how to create a site using Linux.  For those interested in free software I suggest the following for Linux  

 Links    -    NVU HTML    KDE ShowFoto     GIMP    JAlbum   &  MEPIS Linux    

For MS Windows users I suggest  

 Links    -    GIMP    Gimpshop     Paintdotnet   irfanview    &  Xnview  

 I would advise MS Windows users to try  Gimp or the Paint.net option as I think these are the best and quickest way to get into free photo editing without spending loads of money Paint Shop Pro, Elements or Photoshop.  There is even a version of Gimp called Gimpshop which  attempts to look like Photoshop.  Most of these options are also available for the Apple Mac OS.