[rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it !

  • From: Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:06:27 -0500

On Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at 09:32  PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I recently bought, at an estate sale, two each of Leica M3 & IIIf, 
> with 8 lenses. All the Leica lenses (made from early to late 1950s) 
> were full of haze and full of cleaning scratches on the front element 
> , and they were stiff to the point of unusability. The bodies were all 
> off on focusing and shutter speed, though they looked pristine. I have 
> spent some money cleaning the lenses, and now have to spend a small 
> fortune in getting the bodies upto scratch.
>
> At the same sale I also bought an early Nikon F (1961) with 6 non AI 
> lenses. The camera is also pristine, but everything works flawlessly, 
> including the Photomic meter. The lenses are absolutely clear, and 
> have had to go for no cleaning or maintenance.
>
> All the cameras mentioned above have had only one owner, who bought 
> them new and then kept using them till he died. He really looked after 
> his equipment to the extent he could, living here in India.

Could it be that you just got unlucky with the Leicas and/or lucky with 
the Nikon?

Anyway, if *I* got to use a Leica M3 in excellent condition and an 
early Nikon F in the same sort of condition, back to back, there's no 
question in my mind as to which of the two would give me the greater 
pleasure to use.

Cheers.
















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