Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin: Was this an April Fools joke? If it wasn't you came accross an incredible deal. Regards, Robert At 11:09 AM 4/1/99 +0200, you wrote: > >I attended a boot sale yesterday evening: a family just outside of town >were moving and selling off 90% of all the stuff they've 'assembled' >during the years. They'd stuck a sign by the road, so we turned off to >take a peek. > >Outside the house in the garden were rows and rows of tables with the >most amazing junk on them. Among the items were a number of beaten >up cameras and lenses. I found something called an APO Elmarit in 75mm >f/2.4 that fits my M3 (I think it says "APO": The markings are a little >worn). It's pretty well used, but apart from a couple of minor marks on >the front element, the glass is ok. After a little haggling I ended up >paying 300 SEK for it (about $30) so I'm rather happy ;-) I haven't >taken any pictures with it yet, so I don't know if it focuses properly >or what the images from it look like. > >Does anyone know what this is? I can't find it in any of the books I >have. > >Also, I need a finder for this, since I've only got an M3. Did Leitz >ever manufacture a separate finder for 75mm? > > >Regards, > >M. > >-- >Martin Howard, Grad. Schl. for Human-Machine Interaction, | >HMI/IKP, Linkoping University, SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden.| Just >Tel: +46 13 28 5741; Fax: +46 28 2579; ICQ: 354739 | say "DOOH" >E-mail: marho@ikp.liu.se; www.iav.ikp.liu.se/staff/marho/ +------------ > > > >