Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My apologies, this was meant off list. joe -----Original Message----- >From: joe weil <weiljr@earthlink.net> >Sent: Nov 3, 2008 9:18 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: [Leica] Ground Glass for the Avus > >Phil, >I hope this email finds you well. I have been enjoying the Voigtlander >Avus that I purchased from you. I did have one unfortunate incident and >dropped the ground glass. It is now in several little pieces. Not being >familiar with ground glass I was curious where you picked it up, glass >shop, hardware store and if it is call anything special? Is there a >particular type and how thick should I order? I looked on the web and did >not see too much there that was DIY. From the looks of the edges, it looks >like you did it yourself. I can find a glass scorer somewhere, I hope. >I got some nice negs with the camera. It has me thinking about buying a >large format camera. I really like the movements you get with it. >Take care >Joe > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: 8/21/2008 8:57:32 PM >> Subject: [Leica] FS: Old cameras >> >> I'm simplifying my cluttered life and trying to help pay for this >> semester's tuition while doing it. Got a few cameras >> for sale. >> >> Voigtlander Avus 9x12cm plate camera with Rada rollfilm back. This camera >I refurbished and put a 90mm Graflex Optar on to use as a panoramic. The >body is metal and quite small for a format this size. Bellows has no holes >and is in excellent condition. Completely light tight. The Avus body >features 18mm of vertical rise (long axis of the film) and about 15mm of >shift. It has been lightly modified to be used only as a panoramic, but can >be converted back to use the standard 125mm lens (not included.) >> The Rada 120 rollfilm back has been modified by having the film gate >widened and now exposes a 6x11cm image. Film stays very flat and the back >is very light tight. >> Graflex Optar lens is a 90mm f/6.8 copy of the 1st gen Schneider Angulon. >This lens has some cosmetic blemishes on the shutter but the glass is in >excellent condition, no fungus or haze. Aperture blades are oil free and >the speeds are within 1/2 stop of optimal. The set with body, lens, back >and some old hardware I will sell for $150. >> >> Exakta 500 (Exa) camera body and 50mm lens. Body is in Good + >> condition. Shutter works well but could use a CLA for accuracy and >> consistency. Lens is a coated Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/2.8 Tessar and a >> fantastic performer. Aperture blades are free of oil, glass is in >> excellent condition with a few coating marks on the front element. $60 >> >> Voss Diax IIa 35mm rangefinder. This camera is in Excellent condition >both cosmetically and operationally. Rangefinder is clear and accurate. It >uses Diax mount interchangeable lenses. Shutter speeds are accurate. >Included with the camera will be one Isco-Gottingen 50mm f/3.5 Isconar. >Aperture blades are oil free. This lens is sharp stopped down but >pleasantly soft wide open, both due to the lens design, uncoated optics and >a bit of haze. $150 >> >> Schneider-Kreuznach 90mm f/3.5 Tele-Xenar in Diax mount. This lens is >> fantastically sharp. Cosmetically, it looks Excellent. Aperture blades >> are oil free. The front element has a few cleaning marks but it is >> still sharp and flare free. $100 >> >> Kodak No. 2 Model B folding Brownie. This is a horizontally aligned >> folding Brownie box camera which uses 120 format rollfilm. This piece >> is the finest example of this model I've ever seen. Vintage is no later >> than 1915. All leather and wood are intact and in excellent condition. >> Two lower corners on the front of the camera have scuffs in the >> leather. The bellows is light tight and supple. The lens very clear, no >> haze or fungus, set in a Kodak ball bearing shutter working perfectly >> Shutter speeds are I, B and T. There is no corrosion on the metal, no >> leather bumps from buildup of copper oxide on rivets. Original spools >> included. $100 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information