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Subject: [Leica] Handled a Biogon Ultra-Wide!
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:58:45 -0400

Parts for C lenses were scarce ten years ago.

-- 
Mark Rabiner
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/


> From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:29:36 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Handled a Biogon Ultra-Wide!
> 
> My repairman has told me that there are no  more mainsprings for C lenses,
> so good to go with a CF, but he expects an aftermarket replacement to come.
> Meanwhile, he harvests them from otherwise dead C lenses.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John McMaster
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:50 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Handled a Biogon Ultra-Wide!
> 
> There is no SW ;-)
> 
> Do you mean an earlier SWC with the original viewfinder?
> http://liesifoo.blogspot.co.nz/2011/01/hasselblad-swc-user-review.html
> 
> The difference between an SWC and SWC/M is a spacer on the tripod mount to
> allow a polaroid back to be fitted.
> There are chrome lens, chrome T* and black T* in C lens depending on age (I
> found the black T* best).
> There are also CF lens version with that viewfinder
> 
> The 903 and 905 have the newer viewfinder
> http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/hasselblad/cameras/hassel
> models/models/superwide.htm
> 
> john
> ________________________________________
> 
> I didn't pay that much attention to the lens, but I guess it's probably a
> Super Wide (SW) rather than the original Supreme Wide Angle (SWA)
> 
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 2:54 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Not sure what lens you are talking about.... an SWA?
>> 
>> I have owned three over the years, a '60s SWC (chrome lens but T*), this
>> was not as sharp as a 1980 black T* SWC/M. I had a 903 but did not use it
>> too much before I sold out of Hasselblad again, if I knew what it would be
>> worth now.... ;-)
>> 
>> john
>> ________________________________________
>> 
>> 
>> The local shop Keeble & Shucat does not have a SWC to rent (neither does
>> anyone online), but that's a well-used Ultra Wide in the used dept so I
>> played with it a little. Didn't actually shoot any film though.
>> 
>> The handling is nice. Since this is the original model, the viewfinder is
>> pretty lousy. Overall, it does feel it would be nice to carry and use.
>> 
>> Not sure if anyone actually BUYS the new 905 SWC for $10K+, but this is
>> certainly the lowest priced Biogon I have seen.
>> 
> 
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