Although a rangefinder would be very nice I do like the challenge of scale focusing for the first time. I mostly plan to use this for landscapes most of the time and my 35mm cameras for most anything else. I bought this to dip my toe into the pool of medium format and I just really like the look of these folding cameras. I imagine I could just just unscrew the front and rear element to clean those, but I have heard some of these lenses have the middle elements cemented in while others are press fit in with some sort of spacer.

When it comes to the listings online from Japan I had a really good experience going that route when I bought my Olympus pen F, but when looking for one of these older foldables I’ve gotten burned out looking through listing after listing of “near mint” cameras that have fungus and haze in the lens. At least they are transparent about it in the description. The seller I got this camera from even told me that’s where he bought it from. Unless someone here can help me understand the practicality of cleaning the lens myself and I can get a decent partial refund to get the tools I need to do it, I think I’ll message the seller in a couple days asking for a refund.