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- Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:39 pm
- Forum: Appraisal and identification questions
- Topic: Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm F1.4, 1920s Serial Numner
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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...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:04 pm
- Forum: Camera comments
- Topic: Canon 7s
- Replies: 3
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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...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:59 pm
- Forum: Appraisal and identification questions
- Topic: Leitz, Leica IIIc Luftwaffen-Eigentum chrome
- Replies: 7
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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 ...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:49 pm
- Forum: Appraisal and identification questions
- Topic: Alpa, Leica, and Hasselblad (seeking advise)
- Replies: 19
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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...