[rollei_list] Mercury PX625 Batteries available (REAL ONES)

All,
I came across a stockpile of PX635 Mercury Batteries that I had in my
freezer. They are all good. Tested with a Volt Meter and they read
1.37veach. So they are still like new. I had them in the freezer, so
they are
good for another 10 years if you put them in your freezer. There is only
about 6-7 so first come first serve. I am asking for the Rolleinnuts here,
$5 each including US postage or $6 each for addresses outside the US.
Anyone who wants to buy these before I sell them elsewhere, let me know.

Peter K


On 10/17/06, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

At 09:26 AM 10/17/2006, Nick Roberts wrote:

Ah, but which Kiev? And which Contax? I know a guy who has an example of
every Kiev out, as well as several Contaxes, and he is of the opinion that
the early Kievs are at the very least as good as the Contaxes, and sometimes
better.


Good for your friend.  It has been established for some years that the
early Kiev II were assembled in the Ukraine from parts made at Jena.  The
actual flow goes:  Dresden Contax (I, II, and III), Jena Contax (II and
III), Kiev II and III (German parts assembled at Jena), Kiev II and III
(German parts assembled at the Arsenal Works in Kiev), Kiev II, III, and so
forth, up to the 4M and 4AM.  There is a rich literature on these cameras
including the ZEISS COMPENDIUM which I co-authored with Charlie Barringer.
(None of this is especially new:  there is a picture published in the NEW
YORK TIMES in 1947 showing a German technician at Jena assembling a Kiev II
complete with its Cyrillic nameplate.)

So, no, the early Kievs are not "at the very least as good as the Contaxes
and sometimes better" as the early Kievs ARE Contaxes -- Jena Contax cameras
in a Cyrillic sheep's clothing.  (I own every Kiev variant save for the 5
and a LOT of Prewar and Postwar Contax gear.)

Marc

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