How to ruin a 1935 Agfa folding camera..

[breathstealer]

My local repairman received an R9 from a fellow who dropped it in a lake. He couldn't save it and Leica wanted something around the cost of another, so with a bit of metal tubing, a body cap, and some hot glue, he turned it into the world's most expensive clock. It's actually pretty cool - and the clock part comes right off by removing the "lens" so if someone really wanted to rescue it there'd be a chance.

 

[FallisPhoto]

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"

In this thread we find out. I may try a spy cam as I mentioned, but I know how to unscrew a lens rather than punch it out with a screwdriver. Even if no other part of the camera is useful, why break that up. I was particularly horrified by the story of the home makeover breaking out lenses of good clasic folders. My wife, who is so wonderful in so many ways, has about the same appreciation for cameras. Heeeeaaalllp!!!

I still remember sitting there helplessly watching one of these redecorator/fiends rip the shutter leaves out of a trembling Super Ikonta with pliers while inanely chatting with the show's host (who was having misgivings). I've never seen anything on TV that could match that for sheer horror since 9-11-01. "Don't you even dare to think about it," I said to my wife (now ex) at the time. She was watching me squirm -- and giggling. Some things you just don't laugh at.