[rollei_list] Re: Rigid Tessar 50/3.5 (Re: "different types of black boxes")
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:14:57 -0700
Doug,
Just send the attachment to me if you would be so kind.
My address is up there.
Jerry
Douglas Shea wrote:
> Doug,
>
> All true, but I've never seen or heard of a RIGID f3.5
> Tessar in a Contax mount.
>
> BTW, have you seen Harry Scherer's prices to refurbish
> a Contax ? A IIa for example, which would be the most
> simple of the Contaxes.
>
> Is it true that Contaxes have all the controls etc. in the
> opposite direction because E. Leitz had the patent
> rights to a right hand thread? :-)
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry,
> Henry has done six cameras for me, and I honestly consider his fee an
> absolute bargain for the work he performs. More cameras are ruined or
> superficially treated by hacks that don't do the thorough disassembly,
> cleaning, lubrication, and adjusting that Henry does. When the camera is
> returned from his shop it is right, and will perform as it was designed for
> many years. If attachments are allowed on the list I'll send a picture of a
> rigid 50/3.5 Tessar on my Contax II (I just happened to have a shot
> available), it's a lovely little lens -- different in appearance from the
> other Zeiss lenses of that era.
>
> Doug
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