[rollei_list] Re: Contax Repair
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 15:39:17 -0300
Hi Thor:
Yes, there are Contax II/III Kiev replicas very much; I'm
sure about my Contax II authenticity because my mother in law -88
years old- knows the camera origin when brand new, she gave me the
camera as a present. Eddy also told me it was 100% original, but it
got a Kiev part from him, the camera top cover was bent slightly and
it could affect the telemeter accuracy and then he replaced it with a
Kiev one, BTW he sent me the original part with the camera, it has the
word "Alemania" in Spanish from factory meaning (at least very
possibly) the camera was exported to my country directly.
This page helps to distinguish prewar Contax cameras and Kiev cameras:
http://www.sdash.plus.com/page5.htm
Carlos
2010/5/7 Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx>:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> Well, it's hard to say if the service has anything to do with it. As a 50
> year old camera, there can be many issues that appeared ok when Henry did
> his work and checked everything, but was near to failing (metal fatigue,
> etc).
>
> In fairness I haven't had the time or heart to bring it up with him, and I
> probably should, as it's a lovely camera.
>
> I think today it's more or less impossible, or at very least a crap shoot
> when buying a prewar II or III, there are just so many replicas, Kievs and
> forgeries out there that it takes an expert to pick a real one, and then you
> still have no idea if it will actually work.
>
> Cheers,
> Thor
>
>
> On 7. mai. 2010, at 20.02, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
>
>> Excuse me for my reasoning Thor, but if your camera started to have
>> film transport mechanism problems hardly one year later, it looks like
>> the work was not so good as you describes it initially and considering
>> you waited one year for your camera. I'm really happy with my prewar
>> Contax II with a few slight scratches on the body but working 100%
>> right after to wait three weeks for it.
>>
>> Carlos
>>
>> 2010/5/7 Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> I waited for just over a year for Henry's service.
>>>
>>> While the resultant work was excellent and everything was as new or
>>> better,
>>> the camera started malfunitoning only a year later, and now I don't even
>>> bother using it (regretfully) beucase of the film transport problems.
>>>
>>> Luckily I picked up a Bessa R2C and can keep using the excellent Zeiss
>>> lenses I've acquired (and Henry has rebuilt) over the last few years.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Thor
>>>
>>> On 7. mai. 2010, at 15.51, Jan Decher wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hauke,
>>>> Hope you wil be content with Uwe's work. Sounds promising. Henry
>>>> Scherer
>>>> is a SLOW process. I am waiting in my second year now for my Contax
>>>> IIIa
>>>> repair to come up on his waitiing list, even though Scherer moved me up
>>>> once
>>>> when someone else bailed out. Very frustrating. At this rate I expect
>>>> to
>>>> send him my camera and some other accessories at the end of the summer.
>>>> Jan
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 22:33:21 +0200
>>>>> From: Hauke Fath <hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: [OT] man-made global warming
>>>>> ...
>>>>> I shipped a Contax IIa with Opton 2/50 to Uwe Kersten
>>>>> (classic-cameras.de)
>>>>> two weeks ago, he called back, and we had a very nice chat on the
>>>>> phone.
>>>>> He
>>>>> sent photos of the disassembled Contax - what service is that! Talk
>>>>> about
>>>>> the three lines and fifteen words that would usually accompany a 300
>>>>> EUR
>>>>> invoice from Rollei Braunschweig! - and I am counting the days...
>>>>> For some time, I was considering Henry Scherer, but import VAT and
>>>>> shipping
>>>>> would have about doubled the price of the repair. And a battered Contax
>>>>> II
>>>>> I sent to Oleg Khalyavin a month ago appears to have been lost in the
>>>>> mail.
>>>>> You win some, you lose some.
>>>>> Use your Rolleis well,
>>>>> hauke
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