FS: Voigtlander Bessa RF Heliar with issues (sold)

[Spotmatic]

I'm selling my great looking Bessa RF with the famous 5-element 10,5cm f/3.5 Heliar lens. However, it has a few issues so I'm selling it for a very cheap price (for a Bessa RF, that is).

First the camera itself. It looks certainly very good for its age. It would look superb in a cupboard, but I'd rather see it used... The lens is simply perfect save for a minimal amount of small dust particles (normal for a lens of any age). The shutter seems to be spot on (based on my test shots), even 1s is 1 second. The shutter speed ring is very smooth to turn, remarkable!

So here are the issues:

1) A light leak. The bellows are light tight, but it leaks where the bellows is fastened to the camera body. Liquid Electrical Tape may solve this easily, but I never came across to doing it.

2) The front standard is just the tiniest bit wobbly (I understand this is common for Bessa RF's).

3) It's missing the knob on the back for the red windows. To make it perfect, one could put the back of a cheap Bessa (non-RF) on this one.

4) The rangefinder is easy to see and easy to focus, but it's off in the vertical direction. However, horizontally it seems to be properly aligned, so all my test shots came out sharp at the intended distances, even at close up distances.

Even with the above issues my test shots on color transparency film were simply breathtaking. It just needs a little bit of extra love to have it perfectly working again.

Price: EUR 150 (excluding shipping and PayPal fees)

Shipping to anywhere in the world is possible except for Nigeria

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[Attila]

Even with issues this a very good deal , going on half price!

[Spotmatic]

Thanks Attila! I just don't want to rip anyone off, and it's exactly the price I paid for it. Please let me pass this on to someone who can really appreciate it (I do, but lack the time )

[Spotmatic]

I have moved this to eBay too:

Click here to see on Ebay