Joe? Any one else? Canon Kit on the bay

[rbiemer]

I'm not interested but I thought some of you fine people might be.
Canon VT +
OK, I'll fess up: I am real interested but I am trying not to get hooked on yet another much too cool camera!
The FED 4.5/28mm lens in the picture is verrry interesting, though.
Hope some one here can use this.
Rob

 

[back alley]

does look kinda interesting.

but i'm saving my $$ for a leica...naaah, just kidding!

joe

 

[jlw]

Now THAT is a weirdly assorted outfit!

In addition to the FED lens, the finders are interesting (note the Seiki eagle logo on the case for the Variframe finder) and so is the 127mm "Leica Anastigmat" lens. This was actually a US-made Wollensak Velostigmat lens originally designed for press cameras and remounted by Leitz New York to fulfill demand for Leica lenses during the 1945-50 period when the German items were in short supply.

The whole thing seems to tell a poignant story of some camera fan assembling a collection of equipment over time and budget fluctuations. I wonder whether he acquired the other stuff to go with an older camera and then splurged at last on the Vt body and lens, or whether he shot his bolt on the Vt and then economized on the rest by searching out older items...? Probably the original owner would find a lot in common with us here on RFF!

Anyway, the camera and lens certainly would be worth having if clean and working; too bad it's so hard to see much about its condition from the photos...