[LRflex] Re: my brother the eBay camera seller
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:31:15 +0100
Hi Mike,
thanks for the tip.
Cheers
Douglas
On 13.02.2010 01:18, Mike B. wrote:
> My brother - Alan - in Wichita - often finds the weird and wonderful of older
> cameras and systems. He sells on eBay for a local store and for himself. A
> lot of what he finds - goes to the Pacific Rim or Japan.
> No - he is NOT a Leica enthusiast - however Wichita has folks from the world
> there or ex-USAF types who bought gear in foreign lands.
>
> I do not know what Leica R mount or Vivitar goodies that he has found.
>
> He deals in Pentax and Canon - 25 years ago he had about 5 Minolta TLR's -
> now all gone.
>
> You can e-mail him at;
>
> a.bruchas@xxxxxxx
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: The
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 7:07 PM
>
> Hi Mike,
> I have a T4 mount Vivitar 4.5/75-260 for Canon FD sitting next to my
> keyboard, from what I've seen so far, a pretty good zoom despite its age.
>
> Finding other mounts (except, strangely enough, for Minolta) is almost
> impossible - I've looked almost everywhere on the web.
>
> Apparently the T4 and TX mounts were an attempt by Soligor and Vivitar
> that was later overshadowed by Tamron's Adaptall system.
>
> Also recently took possession of a Vivitar 4.5/400, it came with an
> almost mint Canon A1 I bought very cheaply, which was followed very
> rapidly by another A1 recently CLAed with replaced light seals and
> mirror buffer in absolutely mint condition.
>
> Maybe Doug Herr knows something about the quality (or lack of it) of the
> 400.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> On 12.02.2010 19:56, Mike B. wrote:
>
>> Wow - that's a lot of lens makers for Leica.
>>
>> How many of you remember the first Tamron and Vivitar T-mounts with meter
>> coupling that offered Leica R mounts? Vivitars were really T-4 mounts.
>>
>> Betcha in some old camera shop bin - you might find Leica mounts for a now
>> 40 year old line of lenses!
>> --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: The
>> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 9:27 AM
>>
>> I should have looked in my "Laney"
>> 15mm - built by Zeiss
>> 16mm - Minolta optics
>> 3.4/21mm - Schneider
>> 4/21mm - Schneider
>> 24mm - Leitz/Minolta
>> PC 28mm - Schneider
>> PA 35mm - Schneider
>> 500mm Mirror - Minolta
>> Rapid focus lenses - Leitz/Novoflex
>>
>> 3.5-4.5/28-70 - Sigma
>> 3.5/25-70 - Minolta
>> 45-90 - Angenieux
>> 75-200 - Minolta
>> 80-200 - Kyocera
>>
>> My Laney is an old one (1992) - so later lenses aren't listed
>>
>> Amusing, we've all been using non-leica lenses for years :-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12.02.2010 13:25, Doug Herr wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Zeiss is a new one to me - which lens was that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 15mm f/3.5
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
>>>
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