[rollei_list] Re: Contax Repair
- From: Hauke Fath <hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 22:40:10 +0200
At 20:05 Uhr +0200 7.5.2010, Thor Legvold wrote:
>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,
I don't really know about that, although Henry Scherer sure likes to harp
on forgeries ("Frankencontaxen") a lot...
I had a mail exchange a while ago with cupog, a Slovak ebay seller who does
camera restaurations and has a pre-war Contax on offer every other month.
When I mentioned being anxious about forged Contaxen, he made the valid
point that compatible, early Kiev models actually go for more these days
than Contaxen in comparable state, while the later, more accessible Kievs
differ enough from the Contax to be of limited use as source of parts.
In the end, it's patience and applying common sense that pays off when
looking for a Contax (or Rolleiflex, as I had to learn the hard way...).
Always remember: There is no free lunch, and if it looks too good to be
true, it probably isn't.
> and then you still have no idea if it will actually work.
You never have that, and should always plan for having your buy serviced.
Sometimes, a camera will actually be fine, but you cannot count on it.
hauke
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"It's never straight up and down" (DEVO)
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