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Post by retina on Dec 7, 2014 3:22:25 GMT -5
I doubt this is limited to Italy. Perhaps the sellers in question have been left with a bad taste in their mouths after previous trades. Customs in EU nations are often very enthusiastic in charging import duty on old cameras. Buyers don't like this, naturally enough, and probably vent their anger on the seller for not warning them, or doing anything to limit the damage.
Sellers have to cover themselves against any potential loss from an item going missing in the mail, so anything they sell and ship must be accurately valued, and insured for that value. You can't have one value for insurance and another one for customs purposes, so the declared value will often be higher than the buyer might have liked it to have been.
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Post by retina on Dec 5, 2014 17:47:31 GMT -5
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Post by retina on Dec 4, 2014 18:08:40 GMT -5
Rolleiflex Old Standard.
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Post by retina on Dec 3, 2014 23:46:03 GMT -5
You can certainly see the similarities there. The back catch, here on the top of the Arsen is the same as the that used on the Geltos, in the case of my one, the catch had been repositioned on the base plate. The finder looks the same too. The original finder had been incorporated into the top housing on my one. It had been cross-drilled to allow a light path for the rangefinder. Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Dec 2, 2014 18:34:28 GMT -5
I've never owned a Robot, although a Robot is certainly on my wish-list. I did have Tessar one time, or maybe it was a Xenar, for a Robot, but I never found a body to go with it. I traded that away long ago for something I must have needed more at the time.
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Post by retina on Dec 1, 2014 17:02:35 GMT -5
I've been through McKeown's, didn't find anything closer sorry.
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Post by retina on Dec 1, 2014 15:02:58 GMT -5
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Post by retina on Dec 1, 2014 14:48:53 GMT -5
I've only got the BJP for 1960, 61 and 62.
I do have Der Photo-Porst catalogue from 1935, but I don't read German! also a Photo Rahn catalogue form 1958. They are both full of the available cameras of the time.
Every year here in Dunedin there is a 24hr book sale to raise funds for a local theatre. It is a great place to gather up these books and all the other tomes of wisdom, like the Leica Way and others of that series.
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Post by retina on Nov 30, 2014 19:27:05 GMT -5
They area great resource. I've got one here too, but mine is much later 1966-67! Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Nov 30, 2014 17:07:50 GMT -5
Yes, it's certainly a striking camera. The top cover is a 'Suzuki's Auto Focus' rangefinder conversion. Apparently this sort of after-market conversion was quite popular in war-time Japan. The camera dates from 1938, but the rangefinder conversion dates from 1943 or 1944. Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Nov 30, 2014 17:01:09 GMT -5
That is a nice-looking camera. Somehow I've never managed to get a Certo even though I have lots of other 35mm folders, I suppose they are just too thin on the ground. Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Nov 29, 2014 22:13:08 GMT -5
Yes, there are certainly lots like that. Many cameras had there quirks, later Retinas locked the film advance when the frame counter reached number one, and as you say, earlier Retinas, Vitos, and I think the folding Continas and Contessas all needed a film in the camera to turn the sprocket for the shutter release to work.
Regards, Chris
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Post by retina on Nov 29, 2014 18:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by retina on Nov 29, 2014 18:18:07 GMT -5
G is for Gelto
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Post by retina on Nov 28, 2014 0:04:34 GMT -5
E is for Exacta
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