jan_olof_olsson

Hello!

Visiting Stockhom I can recommend you a visit at Soeders Fotoservice, Hornsgatan 32. A small shop very fun for a collector.

Jan-Olof Olsson

Hello again Luigi!

Just what I meant, the painting is not at all that thick, especially not at that area and at the focussing arm. But I was wrong about the ser.#, I copied yours by misstake, mine is 19546XX and I have all reason to think it`s real as I bought mine in an era when there was plenty of them here in Sweden and no reason to fake any.

Jan-Olof

Hello Luigi!

I have one, serial# 1962XXX, bought used in 1971. Only used for nine years it shows a lot of brass, especially around the focussing scale and arm. Even if the number seems to be correct, if your lens painting is original the lens can not have been used much or anything.

Jan-Olof

Hello Lennart!

Photax in Nybro sells a PX28 silver oxide battery. Cost 76 SEK.

Jan-Olof

Hello!

I just heard in Swedish broadcasting that Lee Friedlander got the Hasseblad award for 2005.

Jan-Olof

Hello!

I have them both, Anny-35 and Anny-44 and both are bought in junk-stores. Anny-44 is for rollfilm 127 and will give negatives 4x4 cm but I have never tried them out with film.

Jan-Olof

Hello again!

As to the Super-Takumar 1,4/50. Have you noticed that the back lens protrudes from the barrel at infinity. Don?t use this lens with Pentax SV, S1a or elder models as the mirror can damage the lens. And when putting the lens down, put it with the backlens up.

Jan-Olof

Hello!

My first Leica, bought new in 1954, was a Leica If BD. In 1967 I traded it in for a M2. I will remember I got 125 SEK = 20 USD. Some years later I became aware of the very low numbers produced and began to search for another copy. Finally a found a nice one in Denmark about 1992. This was equipped with the Leicavit bottom and fetched a price of 1800 USD. This price was without the regular bottom and without finder.

Jan-Olof

Hello!

I bought my first Spotmatic new in 1965 complete with a Super-Takumar 1,4/50 mm. The coating of this lens was yellowish from the very beginning and should so be. Test your lenses with film first and before any UV-light cure.

Jan-Olof