What came with a Beseler Topcon C circa 1961

<p>A friend gave me his Topcon C which he had purchased new back then. It has the original box with warranty card, a leather neverready, 3 Topcon filters in their boxes, and the 5.8cm f/1.8 lens. Normal stuff. What was unusual was a Beseler card with the results of actually testing all shutter speeds with this camera and a Beseler folder with two 4 frame film strips showing a test chart taken at all f stops with this lens. Amazing what could be accomplished when labor was cheap! Someday I'll get around to taking some images of all this and add them to this post.</p>

<p>Looking forward to your additions.</p>

<p>Here's what it looks like<br /> http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/praktina/Topcon%20Cameras.htm<br /><br /> http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/praktina/Topcon%20C.htm <br /><br /><br /> and here is the 1961 Guide data on it from <em>Modern Photography</em> 1960-12</p>

<p>For $295 1960 dollars (= $2,238 2014 $, more or less), you could do a lot, even today</p><div></div>

<p>Here's the ad for it in the same issue:</p><div></div>

<p>One lives and learns...I had no inkling that Topcon were motivated enough to supply that data with the camera. Thanks <strong>Chauncey</strong> and <strong>JDM</strong>; interesting stuff.</p>

What Rick said.. they took their products seriously... The "passed" sticker of Japanese quality control was

ummm reassuring, but this is when manufacturer's cared about their products. I think the expression "put

your money where your mouth is" was taken at face value.