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by BrianS
Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:39 pm
Forum: Appraisal and identification questions
Topic: Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm F1.4, 1920s Serial Numner
Replies: 3
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Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm F1.4, 1920s Serial Numner

This lens was "Barter" for some repair work done on some Leica mount lenses. There is very little information on it on the Internet. The SN seems to place it in the 1920s, the image circle suggests that is was made for the 18x24 movie format. I held it up to a u43 camera, makes a good imag...
by BrianS
Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:04 pm
Forum: Camera comments
Topic: Canon 7s
Replies: 3
Views: 7528

Re: Canon 7s

the days of $200 Canon 50/0.95 are over by about 10 years... but not before I picked up a pair of them...
by BrianS
Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:59 pm
Forum: Appraisal and identification questions
Topic: Leitz, Leica IIIc Luftwaffen-Eigentum chrome
Replies: 7
Views: 18406

Re: Leitz, Leica IIIc Luftwaffen-Eigentum chrome

This is a wartime Leica IIIc "stepper", called such for the little step where the rewind lever sits. The PC Sync was added after the camera was made, and not by Leica- probably done by a third party. Leica did the modification to add Sync to the IIIc, but put the socket on the back of the ...
by BrianS
Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:49 pm
Forum: Appraisal and identification questions
Topic: Alpa, Leica, and Hasselblad (seeking advise)
Replies: 19
Views: 3750938

Re: Alpa, Leica, and Hasselblad (seeking advise)

The latter Canon is an 8mm movie camera. The boxed Leica M6 with Summilux is a special edition camera; Leica put out many "Limited Editions" with special engravings for collectors. Perfectly functional, but may bring a premium on the collector's market. The chrome Leica M3 is a "Singl...

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