Post by dee on Jan 3, 2010 7:15:08 GMT -5
My Contax II , once a box of bits with non matching back '37 / '38 - has been rebuilt in Kiev by ex-Arsenal Techs with Kiev II shutter and other parts .
New body paint , polished chrome , new front leather and restored stamped rear leather with bumps removed .
It's fabulous . Above all it's MINE because , sensibly , this bitsa was ' worth ' little more than as a donor camera for others . It has been saved from an almost ineviatable obliteration in the home of Kiev , which has a certain irony and a recent history .
To be honest , I would have been content to combine a Kiev IIa body with the nameplate and body parts , yet someone painstakingly rebuilt this camera .
It's history has been obliterated , so it's new beginning commences in 2009 .
It is to be matched with a 1959 Jupiter 3 now mounted in an original 30s mount .
Perfect someone with per own IDee dee'slocation !
New body paint , polished chrome , new front leather and restored stamped rear leather with bumps removed .
It's fabulous . Above all it's MINE because , sensibly , this bitsa was ' worth ' little more than as a donor camera for others . It has been saved from an almost ineviatable obliteration in the home of Kiev , which has a certain irony and a recent history .
To be honest , I would have been content to combine a Kiev IIa body with the nameplate and body parts , yet someone painstakingly rebuilt this camera .
It's history has been obliterated , so it's new beginning commences in 2009 .
It is to be matched with a 1959 Jupiter 3 now mounted in an original 30s mount .
Perfect someone with per own IDee dee'slocation !
