That was a very good price for you even considering the camera condition, congratulations. I think if you find a camera in very bad mechanical condition but with a good Tessar lens you'll have a very good camera to take photographs. All the best Carlos --- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > A couple of hours ago I found an MX with Tessar > at a > local thrift shop. They wanted $25 for it so I took > a > chance. Unfortunately, the front element of the > Tessar is > not in very good condition but may still be usable. > There > was also an MX with a Xenar in it but it needed a > lot more > work than this one and was more. Also, the Xenar was > badly > etched so I passed it up. > The serial numbers of the one I bought are: > > Camera body, 1278950; > Zeiss Opton Tessar, 75mm, f/3.5, Nr. 912808, T > coated; > Finder lens, Heidosmat, 75mm, f/2.8, Nr. 632127. > > I will be working on this camera, mainly as > practice. > If it comes out well I may be looking for a set of > replacement lenses for it. > I also obtained a mirror type lens cap with it > but the > plating is not in good condition. No case, the other > camera > had a case, as usual falling apart with rotting > sewing. > Curiosly, both finder mirrors are in excellent > condition. > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > __________________________________________________ Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí. Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, está en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). ¡Probalo ya! http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list