Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 22/04/2006, you wrote: >Harvey, > >They are are pretty good deal. Arax cameras are not really >manufactured under that name. The idea was to buy up Kiev's from the >factory. Kievs from the factory are no big hit. All the pieces are >(usually) there, but not at the right tolerances etc. > >So Arax completely dismantles them and reassembles the shutters and >things like that with much greater precision. > >They can also polish and re-coat elements of lenses, in case you have >a Summicron or Summitar with flaky coating (happens). They are a >pretty competent group. > >Some of the lenses are gems. I think the standard is one of them. I'd >go with a 120. Most people turn to them to get into wide-angle medium >format at a reasonable price. > >In the USA I think a similar business idea has been picked up by the >guy behind: > >http://www.kievusa.com/ > >He also works them over before he sells them. He doesn't have the same >optical capacity though. A lot of people send their lenses to Arax for >polishing and recoating. > >All and all, they have a good rep. > >Daniel G'mornin' Daniel! Do you, or does anybody here, have experience with the ARAX series of 35mm shift or tilt/shift lenses in Leica R mount? The look very reasonable, and if they're as good as you suggest, they might well be worth the money, as compared to, say, a used f4 PA Curtagon. Anybody? TIA. --- David Young, Logan Lake, CANADA Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt Limited Edition Prints at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/prints.htm Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm