[rollei_list] Re: OT: Contax II
- From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:48:05 +0100
In the meantime, Carlos ... not wanting to suggest you do anything
described in this link, but I know you're interested in the inner
mechanics, you might want to look at this:
http://www3.telus.net/public/rpnchbck/replace%20shutter%20ribbons.html
The Kiev Survival Site is full of some useful information that you
might want to test out ... if you had a Kiev, but you might want to
just read if you have a Contax :-) (The Kiev was built up in the
dismantled and moved Contax factory after WW II).
http://www3.telus.net/public/rpnchbck/index.html
Daniel
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Carlos Manuel Freaza
<cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thank you very much Robert for the suggestion, the problem is that the
> shutter does not work, it seems the sutter mechanism silk ribbons need to be
> replaced, I'll try to contact Henry.
>
> Carlos
>
>
> --- El jue 6-nov-08, Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
>> De: Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Contax II
>> Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Fecha: jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2008, 1:28 pm
>> Perhaps the wait is worth it for a Contax II as Henry does
>> specialize in
>> these cameras and the shutters. I do know that you can
>> give Henry $50.00 to
>> hold your place in line and he'll tell you when its
>> time to send the camera.
>> This way you can use the camera till its number comes up
>> for overhaul. If
>> it were me I'd use the camera and send him fifty
>> dollars as a form of
>> insurance.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> Carlos Manuel Freaza
>> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:09 AM
>> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Contax II
>>
>> Thank you very much Daniel and Thor, the camera looks very
>> robust and
>> comfortable to use it; I could see Henry Scherer is the
>> only technician in
>> the web assuring spare parts for this model; I had a
>> conversation with
>> Walter Ruedt, the former Rolleiflex official technical
>> service chief in
>> Argentina and he does not want to repair these cameras due
>> to the lack of
>> spare parts, "if I break a curtain repairing the
>> shutter, what could I do ?"
>> and then perhaps this Contax could be the second camera I
>> send to the States
>> to repair.-
>>
>> Carlos
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- El jue 6-nov-08, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx>
>> escribió:
>>
>> > Fecha: jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2008, 8:30 am
>> > Henry Scherer (www.zeisscamera.com) is the guy you
>> need to
>> > talk to Carlos. He'll put your camera in better
>> than new
>> > condition. There is a 1.5 - 2 year waiting list, but I
>> think
>> > it will only get longer as time goes by.
>> >
>> > I'm expecting my IIa with 50/1.5 Sonnar, 35/3.5
>> Biogon,
>> > 85/2 Sonnar and 135/4 Sonnar back from him soon.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Thor
>> >
>> >
>> > On 6 Nov, 2008, at 11:21, Carlos Manuel Freaza wrote:
>> >
>> > > Last night we were visiting my mother-in-law and
>> she
>> > told me showing a 35mm camera :"Carlos, I
>> recalled I
>> > had in the closet this camera that belonged to one of
>> my
>> > brothers , do you like it?", I took the camera,
>> it was
>> > a beauty, I replied: "Yes, I like it", she
>> said
>> > "and then it's for you". The camera is a
>> > Contax II rangefinder with a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar
>> lens
>> > 1,5/50, lens (uncoated, it has a bit of haze, no
>> fungus) and
>> > camera need a deep CLA, they have very good shape
>> except for
>> > a few details, according the lens serial number it
>> would be
>> > from about 1937, it looks like a camera from the
>> '70s
>> > however smaller than those monsters, it has metal
>> focal
>> > plane shutter and self-timer, I hope to use this
>> camera, you
>> > feel it very comfortable in your hands.
>> > >
>> > > If Marc is still interested about them, the
>> camera
>> > serial number is B33268 and the lens CZJ 2188792.-
>> > >
>> > > Carlos
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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