Yes, remembering the time I bought a locked-up Yashicamat-124G for $1, and paid $80 to fix it. Its fine. On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:57:53 -0300 (ART) Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > That was a very good price for you even considering > the camera condition, congratulations. I think if you > find a camera in very bad mechanical condition but > with a good Tessar lens you'll have a very good camera > to take photographs. > > All the best > Carlos > --- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > > > A couple of hours ago I found an MX with Tessar > > at a > > local thrift shop. They wanted $25 for it so I took > > a > > chance. Unfortunately, the front element of the > > Tessar is > > not in very good condition but may still be usable. > > There > > was also an MX with a Xenar in it but it needed a > > lot more > > work than this one and was more. Also, the Xenar was > > badly > > etched so I passed it up. > > The serial numbers of the one I bought are: > > > > Camera body, 1278950; > > Zeiss Opton Tessar, 75mm, f/3.5, Nr. 912808, T > > coated; > > Finder lens, Heidosmat, 75mm, f/2.8, Nr. 632127. > > > > I will be working on this camera, mainly as > > practice. > > If it comes out well I may be looking for a set of > > replacement lenses for it. > > I also obtained a mirror type lens cap with it > > but the > > plating is not in good condition. No case, the other > > camera > > had a case, as usual falling apart with rotting > > sewing. > > Curiosly, both finder mirrors are in excellent > > condition. > > > > --- > > Richard Knoppow > > Los Angeles, CA, USA > > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --- > > Rollei List > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with 'subscribe' > > in the subject field OR by logging into > > www.freelists.org > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with > > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > > into www.freelists.org > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí. > Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, > está en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). > ¡Probalo ya! > http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list