last time i saw a Thamber at the danish dealer photografica I think they asked 14.000 dkk = 2.500 USD :-) - it is as far as I know a soft focus portrait lens ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian O'Connor" <briano@xxxxxxx> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <leicainformation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:07 AM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: leica Thamber? > Hi Jerry > could you tell me something about it? > > http://www.leicatime.com/THAMBAR%20311262.HTM gives me some idea, but > whats its history? it sure looks weird to me. > > > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: >> Brian, >> I am intimately familiar with the Thambar and the associated VIDOM >> adjustable >> viewfinder. The lens has to have the "center spot" filter to get it's >> full worth. >> >> Jerry >> >> Brian O'Connor wrote: >> >> >>>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=707&item=3877695985&rd=1 >>> >>>I think this a rare piece of glass. Any one know much about it and its >>>mysterious companion? >>> >>>-- >>>Brian O'Connor >> >> >> >> > > -- > Brian O'Connor > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SGI Consulting > Email: briano@xxxxxxx, Mobile +61 417 746 452 > Phone: +61 3 9834 8200, Fax: +61 3 9882 8030 > 357 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria, 3124 > AUSTRALIA > http://www.sgi.com/support/services > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >