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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:50 am    Post subject: New toys :-) Reply with quote



  • Meyer-Görlitz Primoplan V 75/1.9 + Exa
  • pre-war Biotar 5.8cm f/2, unknown mount + unknown viewfinder camera (could anybody identify it?)
  • Biotar T 58/2 M42 + Zeiss Ikon Contax
  • Night Primoplan 8cm f/1.9 + Night Exakta










Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote







PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All those beauties need your care. They will be very well in your hands.

Congratulations, No-X.


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW, great catch!! ebay or fleamarket??


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Amazing!!! Congratulations!


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks to all reactions, esp. to Graham Very Happy

estudleon: The viewfinder cam will need some cleaning, it's quite dirty inside, but it works Shocked It's quite interesting, that the body doesn't carry any single symbol or logo. Mount is a bit similar to exacta, but slightly smaller and probably made from brass...

kds315*: Different sources. Night exacta is from Ebay (so it was the most expensive camera of these 4 Embarassed ), the newer exa is from Czech shop (a member from a Czech forum helped me to get it - thanks Wink ), and the Contax and old viewfinder camera is from local auction.

LucisPictor: Thanks!


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Can you take pictures of the back?
It may have a M40 thread? Praktiflex?


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I posted more pictures of the camera here:

http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic,p,137316.html#137316

thanks Smile


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Really nice stuff, Jiri! Congratulations! At least it's good to see that you appreciate the Primoplans. Take good care of them and please show us your results too!


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wonderful batch. All I seem to find around here are Kodak Instamatics and dry rotted folders.


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

great found ! i kind of like the Night Primoplan 8cm f/1.9 + Night Exakta. Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow!! Congrats!!


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fantastic set!

Wow!
It will be great to see results on some good slides.
No idea on the VF cam.
It looks like a standard Leica but that mount Shocked I don't get it.
Maybe some old timer camera repair man will have a clue.
Post a pic over here: http://www.kyphoto.com/cgi-bin/forum/discus.cgi

Someone there will have a clue.
I'm curious what you find out.

Congrats again Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

F16SUNSHINE wrote:
Fantastic set!

Wow!
It will be great to see results on some good slides.

Thanks Smile

The body of the VP is in quite good condition mechanicaly, but I'll have to banish the colony of agarics, which dwells inside for the last fifty years.

Lens is in a bit worse condition. Front element has some finger prints on the inner surface, which cannot be cleaned, but it shouldn't affect performance visibly. One surface of the second element seems to be coated ( Shocked ), but the coating is a bit degradated, so it's a lottery.

I'll ask Alex for adapter. The thread of the lens is likely 39.8/0.75mm, so it should be teoretically possible to fit it in the smaller M42 helicoid with adapter ring. I'll check, how the lens performs and if the results will be any better, than milky-foggy something, I'll let clean the built-in focusing helicoid of the body (the lens has no focusing, it's built into the body).

After testing the lens, eating mushroom soup and cleaning the helicoid, I'll buy a roll of slide and test it Smile