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Just won a Contax 137MA with Zeiss Planar Lens
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any report on this kit? I'm really curious about what you think of the camera.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
F16SUNSHINE wrote:
Any report on this kit? I'm really curious about what you think of the camera.


Andy, it arrived just a lil bit dirty, have to clean it some, but lens is perfect
and you're right, it looks and feels like some funky gray-blue denim fabric
on the cam. The Yashica FRII arrived in really great shape, lens, too. I
think I pretty much have enough film cams for C/Y lenses, now. Laughing Unless
an RTSII falls from the sky pretty cheap...


PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool Nice it all came in snappy. Glad the FRII is nice I forgot you got that one too. Gotta love that FR line. That funky denim is pretty livable stuff in my book also Wink


PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Poolhall wrote:
I got the leather from www.cameraleather.com very quick service to uk too. It was the cheapest one as well and looks fine. I think its called "vh black" or "hasselblad black", but they have a lot of different types for Contax and Yashica. There is also an E-bay shop called Aki-asahi that does similar leather though I got some light seals from him that did the FX-3 and my TL Electro, also very reasonable in price and quick delivery.

Hi Poolhall, can you tell me what adhesive you used? The only contact adhesive I know about is Evostik for melamine worktops, and it's far too strong for cameras I imagine. Thanks


PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Peter, Pliobond glue comes highly recommended for this sort of thing.


BIll


PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aki Asahi's leather is sticky backed so no glue is required.


PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Bill. I've seen Pliobond recommended before but nobody has ever heard of it in shops over here. I could get some on line I guess.

Bob, thanks but I need some adhesive to stick back the old leather on my K2 after I replaced the film door. Ideally I'd like to be able to buy it in a shop here. It needs to be peelable. How about Copydex, I don't think it's strong enough?


PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
peterqd wrote:
Thanks Bill. I've seen Pliobond recommended before but nobody has ever heard of it in shops over here. I could get some on line I guess.

Bob, thanks but I need some adhesive to stick back the old leather on my K2 after I replaced the film door. Ideally I'd like to be able to buy it in a shop here. It needs to be peelable. How about Copydex, I don't think it's strong enough?

If I could find a source for that pigeon-snot that magazines use to glue cover CDs to front pages I'd be happy. Takes a bomb to shift it, yet it peels happily.


PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
@ Peter:

You don't need anything fancy to reattach the leather to your camera - PVA wood glue does the job nicely. You have to be kind of sharpish with alignment but it does work.

Seriously...

@ Dave:

This might be what you're looking for:

http://www.craft-emporium.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1764

Used for affixing prints to album pages and can be rubbed off with a thumb.


PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers for that, Bob. Looks like just the thing.
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