[rollei_list] Re: New TLR owner ;-)

  • From: ERoustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:26:19 -0500

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
>
>
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