Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I may be way off in my recollection of the camera. I recall that I either got it in a trade for a revolver, or that I traded it for a revolver, can't recall things that happened forty years ago in great detail. I do recall that, in examining the camera, I found that, though there was no flash fitting installed in the camera body, beneath the covering there was wiring for a flash connection to the shutter mechanism. I can't recall the inscribed name, but seem to connect it to some model of Contax or Practica. I don't recall anything about the lens except that I could not find a way to remove it. It was my first encounter with an SLR camera. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] ZEISS BIOTAR 58/2 TEST > At 10:39 PM 12/16/2008, Jim Nichols wrote: > > > >I hope you enjoy another fine camera from the past. Your examples > >indicate > >that the Biotar produces nice results. I had, at one time, a very early > >version of that camera series, which did not have a removable lens. > > Jim > > For the life of me, I cannot figure out what camera that would have been. > All of the Prakticas which I can recall had removeable lenses, M40 through > the War and then M42, later picked up by the Contax S line. There were > some miniature-format folders with non-removeable optics but none of > these, to my fairly certain knowledge, had the 2/5.8cm or 2/58mm Biotar. > > So I am at a bit of a loss. > > Earlier this evening, my wife and I watched one of the newish Miss Marple > Mysteries on DVD and, early on, one of the characters was giving a > slide-show talk about an arctic expedition. His slide projector was > clearly a Leitz Prado of some sort, and the slides were clearly > medium-format, but I could pick no further details from the DVD. I used > to own a bunch of these fefore I simplified my life and sold them, > replacing them with that ultimate tank, a Kiev 66, a most efficient answer > to the standard projection of standard MF slides. > > 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 > >