[rollei_list] Re: Alpa

  • From: Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:30:07 -0400

Marvin,

I purchased an Alpa 10d in 1970 with the 50mm 1:1.8 Kern Macro Switar at the Demville Camera Shop, Denville, NJ (now defunct) while in the army stationed at Fort Monmouth. The pictures were beautiful! Alas, I sold it to some NATO dude in Turkey because I was broke at the time - ah youth! Looking back on it, it was probably the best 35mm camera I ever owned and I wish I had it today *sigh*.

Go for it.

Rob
On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Marvin wrote:

As anyone experience with Alpa cameras. I have been searching the internet and looking at the Kern Macro Switar images, a standard lens on the Alpa,
and they look beautiful.
What is the recommended Alpa body to go for?
I have even heard the Swiss lenses rival or even surpass the German lenses.
Thanks,
Marvin.

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From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Austin Franklin
Sent: 28 September 2009 21:56
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Capa's Cameras

Hi Marc,

The GT-40 made by ERA are not regarded as
"copies" within the car community:  they are
"developments".

Understood, and agreed. But, who makes that distinction between "copy" and "development"? As I said, there technically is no such thing as a copy...no two physical things are %100 identical. Even if one of the milling machines
used has a better tolerance, that is technically an improvement, and
therefore could possibly not be considered a "copy". Changing material, for
say the mount, could also make it not a "copy".

Unfortunate that semantics is(are ;-)...

Regards,

Austin
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