Fuchs
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I'm sorry to ask here, but I had a quick search down the net and couldn't find it: is the new Anastigmat multicoated?
Leica 0-series replica
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ian_watts
Ian Watts
Yes, I believe so.
Erik van Straten
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My Hektor has no coating at all!
Leica I, model C, Hektor 50mm f/2.5, FISON, Tmax400.
Erik.
Leica I, model C, Hektor 50mm f/2.5, FISON, Tmax400.
Erik.
FrozenInTime
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Erik, as always, your photos and technique are outstanding.
... must try some Tmax 400.
... must try some Tmax 400.
Leica0Series
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Leica0Series
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Leica0Series
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Leica came SO SO CLOSE close to really hitting these Leica O special editions out of the park -
- reasonable prices offering great value
- ultra well done unique replicas of very rare historical cameras
- amazingly offering real archival prints made from Oskar Barnack negatives
yet, today's Leica sometimes works against itself turning a great concept into a flawed finished product.
Leica failed to get everything right by giving the 0 series replicas a modern, very sharp multi-coated lens instead of a replica of the original uncoated lens keeping with the spirit of the otherwise very well done replica.
Well -- well done other than Oskar's badly done out of place portrait anyway.
Oh well, maybe Leica will get the O Series replicas right on their 200th anniversary.
OR >>> You can get it right tomorrow. Have your tech install an inexpensive vintage 1930's 50/3.5 Elmar on your O series!
Granted not exactly the right lens, but its a huge improvement over that modern lens on your O series now!
-- hmm. maybe the modern lens could be remounted into the lens mount of the vintage Elmar for your M series ?
Stephen
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I do like the lens. Mr Puts claims it is the equal to the Summicron.
What I do miss is being able to make use of my Filca cassettes.
Regardless, it is a ton of fun to use and a real eye opener about the capabilities of these early cameras. I have been using Rollei RPX 25 at ei20 and Adox CMS 20 at ei12 to get a sense of what it was like to use this camera when it came out in the 1920s.
As you can tell, I don't make a good collector. I do hope they hold up as well as the rest of Leica's film cameras.
SpikeT
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I bought it....
SpikeT
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> https://www.mapcamera.com/item/3000010260507
Not to keen on the second version with Oskar's face on the back, but many thanks for sharing the link.
Not to keen on the second version with Oskar's face on the back, but many thanks for sharing the link.
john neal
fallor ergo sum
Well, I did have a deposit on that for a short while, but reasoned that I could do more with the money. Still not 100% sure I made the right decision, but a Standard or a 1c would be almost as good and leave more in the bank....
I hope you enjoy it 🙂
SpikeT
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Thanks. When I first enquired they told me it had been sold; that must have been you!
Time will tell if it was a wise purchase, I will report back!
Dralowid
Michael
My Hektor has no coating at all!
Leica I, model C, Hektor 50mm f/2.5, FISON, Tmax400.
Erik.
So Erik, did you ask the lady in the photo to have her hair styled to match the period of the car?
Michael
Erik van Straten
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No Michael, it is a film set. In this house Anne Frank lived, actually almost around the corner from were I live. A film about her short life is being made by a German film crew. Strange to hear all this yelling in German on that place, Merwedeplein in Amsterdam. Was not heard since 1945. I couldn't resist making pictures with my 1931 Leica.
Isn't that car a Wolseley? Strange they use an English car on the set. There weren't much English cars in Amsterdam during the war.
Erik.
rodt16s
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Erik, there aren't many English cars left in England anymore either
Dralowid
Michael
I think it's a Rover, probably a Rover 10 from just after the war though it could be from 1940 but that is unlikely because wartime production was very limited. Wire wheels pre war, disc wheels 1940 onwards.
Old fashioned even when new, hugely reliable and they last forever.
My wife yawns when I start pointing out things in movies that are 'incorrectly dated'!
Old fashioned even when new, hugely reliable and they last forever.
My wife yawns when I start pointing out things in movies that are 'incorrectly dated'!
Erik van Straten
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The car reminds me of Michael Kitchens policecar in the "Foyle's War" tv series. They all look more or less the same (to me). I thought that was a Wolseley.
Erik.
Erik.
john neal
fallor ergo sum
The car has something of the Rover around the boot, but I can't see the grille badge clearly enough to determine. As michael says, the solid wheels are later on almost any English car.
I wish I still had my old Standard 8 - sliding windows, semaphore indicators and no boot lid!
I wish I still had my old Standard 8 - sliding windows, semaphore indicators and no boot lid!
Erik van Straten
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