<p>In the EC it was still legal to sell mercury cells even after 2006 when the first regulations concerning batteries and their ingredients were...
<p>I recently acquired a Pentax Spotmatic F which is in good shape. Only (minor) problem is that the mirror does not always return properly when...
Some years ago I bought an A.Schacht f/3.5 35mm lens with LTM mount the rear lens element of which was somewhat fogged, probably to some aging...
Today I stumbled across a small simple slide projector on a flea market. It has a housing looking as if made of bakelite but probably is some...
Unfortunately I damaged the front lens cell of my Petri 1.9. If someone has a junker please let me know. The front lens element of mine is...
Another one with new leatherette. Found this beauty on a flea-market. Meter was not working and it turned out the galvanometer was broken....
I have a set of filters (dark red, red-orange, yellow, green) in a small box (probably made of cardboard). The box (with tissue/velvet liner...
Petri Color Corrected Super 1.9 with new leatherette - or actually morocco grain leather I bought from the surplus of a former GDR company....
Strolled across the fleamarket on the Frankfurt/Main (Germany) river bank. Usually this is rather a tourist trap (I live in Frankfurt). One...
The german mail (and web) order retailer Fotoimpex is now selling Efke R100 b/w film on 'trimmed' 120 spools which will fit in any camera made for...
Some days ago I received a japanese 6x4.5 (semi) camera. The leatherette was almost completely removed by previous owners (I found that the body...
After overcrowding the market with fake Leicas with phantastic paintings, they now turn to the viewfinders:...
On a fleamarket I found an aux telephoto lens marked HiRoxer. There was no mentioning for which camera it was made. But around the 'active' center...
There have been several postings in this forum concerning mismatching helicals of the Jupiter 9 f/2 85mm LTM lens. I recently dissambled one...
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