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wlewisiii
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I was at the local St. Vinnies this morning looking for a bulk loader they'd had there and saw a Voigtlander Prominent. It was the first model with knob advance. Beatup everready case comes off and under it is a camera that, while a bit dirty, is in very good cosmetic condition. And the Nokton 50/1.5! Price tag of $50 which would have to be scrounged and would be very difficult for me to get right now. So I look closer.
The RF is off at infinity - considerable misalignment on something a couple of hundred feet away. The shutter is slow, but it's a Syncro-Compur so probably just needs a good ronsonol bath. So far, ok, maybe. Then I look at the lens.
Cleaning marks galore. Paint chips in between the front elements. Worse, though, is a piece of something that looks like cloth or rubber that is about a 1/4" wide and 2" long is laying in the optical path between two of the more rearward elements... :bang: full CLA required. Assuming I could find someone to do the camera and lens it'd be what? $200 - $300? Not for me. I pointed out the problems with the lens to the guy at the counter, maybe they'll drop the price, maybe not.
Pretty camera though, chrome bright and shiney, leather in excellent shape. A roll of generic C-41 film was still in it, so someone was at least trying to use it in the not too distant past.
William
The RF is off at infinity - considerable misalignment on something a couple of hundred feet away. The shutter is slow, but it's a Syncro-Compur so probably just needs a good ronsonol bath. So far, ok, maybe. Then I look at the lens.
Cleaning marks galore. Paint chips in between the front elements. Worse, though, is a piece of something that looks like cloth or rubber that is about a 1/4" wide and 2" long is laying in the optical path between two of the more rearward elements... :bang: full CLA required. Assuming I could find someone to do the camera and lens it'd be what? $200 - $300? Not for me. I pointed out the problems with the lens to the guy at the counter, maybe they'll drop the price, maybe not.
Pretty camera though, chrome bright and shiney, leather in excellent shape. A roll of generic C-41 film was still in it, so someone was at least trying to use it in the not too distant past.
William
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