Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, are your burned copies of Erwin Puts' CD-ROM of E. Leitz documents authorized and licensed by Erwin and his publishers? If so, I'd be interested in buying one. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net> To: <rollei_list@freelists.org>; <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: [Leica] REVISED Items FS 12 DEC 2008: Lower Prices! > TERMS: > Shipping charges extra > 10-day MBG from receipt > All prices subject to neogiation -- pray, make an offer! > > > Leica Items: > > PLOOT REFLEX HOUSING: This is a later PLOOT > Reflex Housing, post 1940, with the detachable 5X > and 30X magnifier. Technically, this unit is a > POOXT and consists of a PROON reflex housing and > a POOIM magnifier. Now, that gets the formalities out of the way! > > The unit I have available is s/n 4303. I > compared it to my other two PLOOT housings, s/n > 2695 and 5660. 4303 is in what I would describe > as E- condition. Here are the noted defects: > > -- the rubber eyecup is dried and has a crack > -- the paint is worn > -- the mirror is degraded and needs > resurfaced. This is a first-surface mirror. The glass is in good shape. > -- the button to raise the mirror is jammed. I > have NOT tried to force it up nor have I used oil > on it. The housing for the mutton seems to be canted inwards. > -- the rubber ring at the top of the focusing > unit is cracked and is missing a bit of rubber. > > The unit is complete and entire, though it does > not include the release cable, and, other than > the mirror, optically fine. It does need good cleaning > > $US 60.00 > > ------------------------------- > My book, NON-LEITZ LTM LENSES: A 39mm DIVERSITY, > is now out of print. I have the last small horde > of this work. . The book remains available for > reprint but this seems unlikely. This work was > written in the early 1990's and is no longer the > final word, as we have had a lot of research, > especially on Soviet/Post-Soviet lenses. But it > is still the only work of its kind and is the > single source for the state of our knowledge as > of the date of its publication. (SOMEDAY, I'll > do a Second Edition, but only if some of you guys > stop discovering new matters I ought to include!) > > These books are new stock. They will be > autographed and will include an interim Errata et Corrigenda sheet. > > The price is $US35 for those in the US and Canada > and $US 40 to those in the rest of the universe, > and, yes, I've already sold several copies to > those three-legged guys on Mars. <he grins> > > I also have a couple of copies of the Japanese > translation. These are rare and quite difficult > to find. $125.00 to those in the US. > > ------------------------------- > I am the American agent for Erwin Puts' estimable > CD-Rom of Leica documents. The original > production run is long sold out, but I can supply > burned copies in a jewel case for $US 15, with > postage of $5.00 to the US, $10.00 to Canada, and > at actual cost elsewhere in the Americas. > > This CD-ROM includes 170 Leitz documents, > covering the Leica models from 1925 to 1965, both threadmount and for the > M1,2, & 3, with accessories. The documents are > in Adobe Acrobat format, and can be printed out > as needed. The documents come from the Leica > archives and are reproduced by permission. (The > Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at no charge on the 'Net.) > > This is an invaluable tool for those interested in Leica history. > Pricelists, instruction books, and marketing information are included. > The > swathe of history included is immense; the technical information is > outstanding. > > ------------------------------- > 4.5/12cm E Leitz Micro Summar, clean glass, worn body, > with unknown adapter, E > 190.00 > > Zeiss and Zeiss-Ikon Items: > 4.5/4.5cm Carl Zeiss Jena Mikrotar 227936, does not > focus > properly 90.00 > > Darkroom Items > Schneider 4/50 Componon enlarging lens 9074658, > E 50.00 > Schneider 5.6/80 Componon enlarging lens > 11840738, M39 adapter, E 50.00 > > 1995/96 Softbound McKeown's > Guide 25.00, ppd in the US > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.17/1846 - Release Date: 12/12/2008 6:59 PM