[rollei_list] Re: OT: Contax II
- From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:36:43 -0800 (PST)
Thank you very much Robert for the suggestion, the problem is that the shutter
does not work, it seems the sutter mechanism silk ribbons need to be replaced,
I'll try to contact Henry.
Carlos
--- El jue 6-nov-08, Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> De: Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Contax II
> Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fecha: jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2008, 1:28 pm
> Perhaps the wait is worth it for a Contax II as Henry does
> specialize in
> these cameras and the shutters. I do know that you can
> give Henry $50.00 to
> hold your place in line and he'll tell you when its
> time to send the camera.
> This way you can use the camera till its number comes up
> for overhaul. If
> it were me I'd use the camera and send him fifty
> dollars as a form of
> insurance.
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Carlos Manuel Freaza
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:09 AM
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Contax II
>
> Thank you very much Daniel and Thor, the camera looks very
> robust and
> comfortable to use it; I could see Henry Scherer is the
> only technician in
> the web assuring spare parts for this model; I had a
> conversation with
> Walter Ruedt, the former Rolleiflex official technical
> service chief in
> Argentina and he does not want to repair these cameras due
> to the lack of
> spare parts, "if I break a curtain repairing the
> shutter, what could I do ?"
> and then perhaps this Contax could be the second camera I
> send to the States
> to repair.-
>
> Carlos
>
>
>
>
>
> --- El jue 6-nov-08, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx>
> escribió:
>
> > Fecha: jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2008, 8:30 am
> > Henry Scherer (www.zeisscamera.com) is the guy you
> need to
> > talk to Carlos. He'll put your camera in better
> than new
> > condition. There is a 1.5 - 2 year waiting list, but I
> think
> > it will only get longer as time goes by.
> >
> > I'm expecting my IIa with 50/1.5 Sonnar, 35/3.5
> Biogon,
> > 85/2 Sonnar and 135/4 Sonnar back from him soon.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Thor
> >
> >
> > On 6 Nov, 2008, at 11:21, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
> >
> > > Last night we were visiting my mother-in-law and
> she
> > told me showing a 35mm camera :"Carlos, I
> recalled I
> > had in the closet this camera that belonged to one of
> my
> > brothers , do you like it?", I took the camera,
> it was
> > a beauty, I replied: "Yes, I like it", she
> said
> > "and then it's for you". The camera is a
> > Contax II rangefinder with a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar
> lens
> > 1,5/50, lens (uncoated, it has a bit of haze, no
> fungus) and
> > camera need a deep CLA, they have very good shape
> except for
> > a few details, according the lens serial number it
> would be
> > from about 1937, it looks like a camera from the
> '70s
> > however smaller than those monsters, it has metal
> focal
> > plane shutter and self-timer, I hope to use this
> camera, you
> > feel it very comfortable in your hands.
> > >
> > > If Marc is still interested about them, the
> camera
> > serial number is B33268 and the lens CZJ 2188792.-
> > >
> > > Carlos
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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