Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What I'd like to see (new Ikonta!).
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 08:42:03 -0700
 
I've been tempted by a Plaubel Makina W more than once. I seem to recall 
the last two or three of them I've seen for sale were going at the 
$1200-1500 price bracket.

Godfrey

>Thanks *lots* for that info! What would you call expensive in this
>context; are we talking $1,000 or rather a real collector's amount like
>ten time more?
>> Bernard,
>> Are you talking roll film Ikonta here? If so, the camera you want was
>> almost made in the form of the Plaubel Makina W, which put a 55mm
>> (Nikon)
>> lens in front of a 6x7 format and collapsed with bellows to create a
>> most
>> pocketable camera. It included a meter but no AE.
>> They're not frequently seen and consequently expensive.
>> Jem
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