Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, I'd give my eye teeth for this, but until we move to our new house I'm not allowed to buy anything under strict orders from SWMBO. I'm currently renting, and very actively (too actively - where's Saturday gone?? - again!) looking to buy something bigger than my old place as I want to set up a bigger, easier to work in darkroom that I can do large format work in. Yes, I know most of you are appalled at such a retro move, but I just love film and that chemical romance. Currently, much of my camera collection has been in boxes or scattered with friends or relatives. At 61, it's hard to put your life on hold and it pains me to look at the stacked, labeled boxes that most of my stuff is lying in. Recently, as the anniversary of our more prolonged than expected rental status started to roll around, I awoke with a start in the middle of the night and thought "The shutters, the f'n shutters!!" A cold sweat spread across my brows as I thought of eighty somnolent shutters. Panicked opening of boxes commenced the following evening. Treasures revealed, I started clicking to stop them sticking. Hitherto, I'd always done this, but the move, the hunt for the new, and its accompanying hassle knocked it out of my mind. Anyway the rescue worked, but the pile stares back silently screaming "Use me, use me!!". That, the naked lust for a large format camera, and the forbidding look of SWMBO was the trigger for decluttering and taking my first reluctant steps in parting from the pile. I'm a big boy, I'm moving on, as I told myself, so I've started to try to sell off the less used stuff and my first attempt to do so was a listing of my beloved Ricoh GR1 (the car camera) on eBay. Well, things gang oft astray as I discovered today. A couple of days ago, I decided to shoot one last film with the camera for old times sake - it had received 4 bids on eBay - and noticed somewhat disconcertedly that the flash wasn't working. I put a note about the flash on eBay immediately and shot off the roll - now not out of sentimentality, but out of concern. I thought at least two would be keepers. Well, they weren't. The entire roll was blank. The electronic shutter has given up the ghost. I cancelled the auction. I now have a fixer upper. Any ideas how to? Any offers? :-) Douglas PS better repost this again under a new heading/thread based on the complaints about hijacking earlier..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> To: "Leica Group Users" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:09 PM Subject: [Leica] FS: Technikardan 45S, Lenses and Other Accessories >I would like to sell my TK 45S kit. It includes some old Linhof certified >lenses (65mm, 90mm, 135mm, 180mm and 210mm) all with Prontor Pro shutters >(no cocking necessary; self cocking). The lenses are old but in OK user >shape, though there are some signs of wear on the internal coatings. The >shutter on the 90mm does stick often, though not always, at lower speeds. I >am also including a Nikkor telephoto lens mounted on a Linhof board that >has 3 focal lengths depending on the back element used; 360mm, 500mm and >720mm. This lens has a copal shutter, is not that old and is in excellent >condition. > > The kit also includes a custom dark cloth (with holes to fit around the > bubble levels), a new Bright Screen ground glass focusing screen, a Linhof > GG cover that opens up to a hood for initial framing and focusing, both > the standard and wide angle bellows, and a tripod mounting plate for Arca > Swiss type mount. The kit will be shipped in the ThinkTank bag shown in > the pictures at: > http://rgaphoto.com/T45S/ > The Linhof to Hasselblad back mount (image #16) is not included. > > The camera itself operates perfectly. Just the camera at BH new, without > even any bellows, lenses, etc., is over $6,500. I am asking $5,000, net to > me, for the entire lot. I will even throw in a Pentax Spotmeter (working > of course). > > Hoping someone will recognize what a beauty this kit is and use it to its > full capabilities. Having gone fully digital, I have substituted this kit > with my digital technical camera kit. Now I have to pay for the conversion > (at least a little bit) and sadly part with the Technikardan. > > Thanks, > Bob > > Bob Adler > www.rgaphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >