[Leica] Putting X-Synch on a 100 Year Old Camera - Verito

[Richard Man]

Heee heee. Yea, those soft focus lens are just magic. I have too many.
Fortunately, they are inexpensive, comparing to Leica lens (what isn't, oh
right medium format digital lens....(

On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 5:30 AM Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>wrote:
>
> >Alan, if you ever want to sell your  9" f/4 Wollensak Verito Diffused
> Focus
> >lens, let me know. I love soft focus lens....
>
> =======================================================================================
> I would NEVER part with this lens.  When I saw it in the display case at
> the camera store in 1985, I knew right away
> what a find it was.  I guess they didn't, since it was priced at $12, and
> had a card next to it that read "paperweight?"
> At the same time I also bought a 19th century French brass focusing
> magnifier, also for $12.  The photo gods must
> have been with me that week, since a day or two later I found the Graflex
> at another photo place and it was the
> perfect camera for the Verito, being an SLR.
>
> --
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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