For Sale: 

Miscellaneous Photo Gear...
   (some new items listed 7/14/07, some prices 
      lowered 4/09/08)

 

 
Voightlander Bessa-R rangefinder camera (with built-in meter), 35mm f2.5 
   "pancake" lens, 12mm f5.6 SUPER-WIDE lens (with shade, finder, and
   bubble-level), boxes and papers. Body has some light mars, lenses and
   finder are perfect. These lenses are surprisingly sharp and compact! $835 
   for the system...

Photo taken with the 12mm (to show extreme perspective effects possible):

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Minolta Autocord 2 1/4 square twin-lens reflex (these have very sharp 75mm
   f3.5 Tessar-type lenses), in nice condition. This one has the older shutter speed 
   sequence and a drop-in Fresnel lens, $95...



Mamiya 645 6x4.5 SLR system with 645J body in very nice condition, standard prism, 
   45-degree split-image rangefinder screen, 120 film insert, trigger handle, extra film insert
   with case, latest 45mm f2.8 MF lens in VERY nice condition, 70mm f2.8 lens in VERY 
   nice condition (the leaf shutter doesn't work, so it operates normally with the body 
   focal-plane shutter), Mamiya lens shades for both lenses, and correct body and lens 
   caps - all for $655 (and these lenses are SHARP, even wide open!).



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52mm Nikkor  filters, VERY nice condition, one with the rare chrome rim, $15 each. 
   Two Nikon PK-13 tubes, $45 each. PK-12, $45. Rare PK-11A tube, $60. All are in 
   VERY nice condition (but no caps are provided). (The Nikon PN-11 tube has been sold.)



Nikon MD-4 motor for F3, rough-looking, but functional, with AH-3 permanently
   attached to the bottom, $75; Nikon MD-15 for FA, nice condition, $65 (pictured),
   Nikon MD-15 for FA, VERY nice condition (powers the body), not pictured - a tad 
   short of mint, $115 (a mint FA body is available here...).

Tamron SP 28-135mm f4-4.5 MF lens (nearly constant-aperture!), in VERY nice
   condition, with needed shade. Sharp, wide-range lens! Fits any MF camera 
   body (and some AF bodies, but doesn't AF) with the addition of the appropriate 
   Adaptall-2 mount (not supplied), $155 (add $25 for Nikon-mount adapter).


(not pictured)

4x5 Wide-Angle View Camera in nice condition (it uses sliding plates for 
   rise/fall/shift, and the bellows is used only for focus, tilts, and swings). It comes 
   with a recessed lensboard with angled cable fitting for the shutter release (this 
   alone is worth quite a bit, and with this the camera should take a 47mm lens 
   and still focus to infinity). It comes with a nice, large darkcloth, all for $235...

13 4x5 Lisco Regal 2-Sheet Holders (the nice ones), clean and in 
   VERY nice condition. B&H charges $45-$65 new each for various brands. 
   These are $20 each if buying the whole batch. 

8 4x5 6-Sheet Graphmatics Holders, all good (not mint looking) and functional, 
   with flat platens that properly catch the film when it is dropped into the upright 
   platens. These are hard to find in this condition and are probably worth more
   on eBay than I'm asking ($90 each, if all go at once). 

Two Yankee 4x5 12-Sheet Tanks and Baskets.

One Nikor Stainless Steel Double 220 Reel Tank With Two 220 Reels
   clean and nice, $90.

One Nikor Stainless Steel Double 220 Reel Tank and One Boxed 220 
   Reel
, clean and nice, $75.

Many 35mm Reels and a Few 8-Reel Nikor Tanks. These are all straight 
   (all the reels load easily) and clean.

A 20x24 (the famous brand, can't recall...) Easel with 4-way adjustable 
   blades that can open to 16x20, perfect condition. I will include four clean sturdy
   16x20 trays and one 20x24 tray with it for $90. 

A Saunders 14x17 Easel with 11x14 4-way adjustable blades. Perfect, with 
   straight blades at correct right angles. I will include some 11x14 trays with it 
   for $50. 

A Tilting Device that fits under the easel for perspective correction. Make offer...


(Most lenses, boards, and carriers are not pictured.)

Enlarging Lenses (most are in Beseler 4x4 boards). The Componon S and Comparon are 
   equal in optical quality (and very sharp!), but they are optimized for different enlargement ratios 
   (6:1 instead of 4:1) - but are fine over very wide ranges beyond the optimum ratios.

^^ Schneider Comparon 150mm f5.6, very nice barrel, very slight internal haze (see note below!).



^^ Vivitar VHE (Schneider Componon S buried in an outer shell) 135mm f5.6, very nice barrel and glass.

-- Schneider Comparon 105mm f4.5, very nice barrel and glass.

-- Schneider Comparon 105mm f4.5 in Prontor Press shutter (needs cleaning - sticky below 1/15th), very
     nice barrel, slight internal haze (see note below!), rounded diaphragm.

-- Vivitar VHE (Schneider Componon S buried in an outer shell) 100mm f5.6, very nice barrel, slight
     interior haze (see note below!).

-- Kodak Anastigmat 100mm f4.5, good barrel, nice glass (these are surprisingly sharp).

-- Schneider Comparon 75mm f4.5, very nice black barrel, slight internal haze (see note below!), round 
    diaphragm.

-- Schneider Componon S 80mm f5.6, nice black barrel, slight glass surface scratches (see note below!).

-- Schneider Componon 50mm f4, very nice black barrel, very slight glass surface scratches (see note 
    below!
).

NOTE! All are in excellent user condition or better (others would describe most of these as "mint" or 
"mint -", but I'm conservative in my descriptions - and the glass was inspected in sunlight, with the sun 
going through the lenses (the most critical test for glass surface faults). Nothing was found other than 
slight internal haze on some, which is common to Schneider lenses and it does not affect performance 
(hard to believe, I know, but it is true), or very slight surface scratches on a couple which also do not 
generally affect performance. Mold and oil on lens surfaces and element separations do affect performance, 
but none of these lenses shows these faults. All of these lenses produce very high quality enlargements.

I'm open to reasonable offers on one, several, or all...

Beseler 4x4 Lens Boards, many, various size openings, some recessed, some extension 
(figure a little less than 1/2 B&H  new price, but including shipping).

Beseler Carriers for the 4x5 enlarger - 4x5, 645, 6x9, all nice (figure a little less than 1/2 B&H new 
price, but including shipping).


Contact:    d_ruether@hotmail.com
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