Since you got such a good price on it, you may want to send it right off for a CLA (for another $150 or so). Fleenor west coast, Krimar east coast. And then you'll know everything you need to know, and have a camera that is ready for another 30 years of service. Congrats, and enjoy shooting it. Elias On Mar 4, 2008, at 3:41 AM, Thor Legvold wrote: > I just won an ebay auction for a 'mint' 2.8D with Planar. Item no: > 150220558072 > > From the pictures (unfortunately not the best, but she emailed me > additional shots) and description, it looks like the camera has been > well taken care of, hopefully the glass is pristine. > > The stats: > > Body nr: 1614016 > Carl Zeiss Planar nr: 1857746 > Heidosmat nr: 74{0/6/8}433 (hard to see from the pictures if the > middle number is a 0, a 6 or an 8. > > I paid $535, which according to http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/ > rolleitlr.htm is just above the mean for this model. I was hoping for > a C Type 2 (might still pick one up) to get the round aperture (not > sure how big a difference this actually makes) and the EVS system > without the meter. From everything I've read it's more important to > find a camera in good condition than one particular model, so I'll > try this one out first and see how the results look. > > Any suggestions for things to look for and tests to perform to assess > the state of the camera and lens? > > Best regards, > Thor > > > --- > 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 > --- 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