john_decker2

Sandy, yes please, do your magic and get me outa here.

At your convenience of course.

Thank you.

Well, looks like 3 certainties in life...Death, Taxes and Photo.net!

“You can check out but you can never leave.”

Yes, I detect the 'warm smell of fixer rising up through the air'...:rolleyes:

How to I delete my account? No information to be found anywhere!!

Thank you.

nice tones & mood here, John

Thank you very much!

Minolta 201 w/50 f1.7 MD Rokkor and a Minolta SR-1 w/ 28 f2.5 Tamron and/or a 90mm f2.5 Tamron macro.

Getting back to Minolta and will be selling/trading some Nikons to do so.

I will just list current rangefinders (in detail) for now, not the slr's (Nikon and Pentax), dslr's (Nikon), TLR's (Mamiya's, Ikoflex and Rolleiflex), Medium Format (Mamiya 6x7 and 645), Bronica EC, 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10 plus a few compact digital wonders.

Canon Model 7

Canon llS2 (2 of them)

Leica lllf (my latest addition and what I've been wanting for way too long)

Canon 28 f2.8 w/Canon finder, Canon 35 f2.8 w/homemade finder, Canon 50 f1.8, Industar 50 f2.8, Canon 135 f 3.5, Zenit KMZ28-135 turret finder.

Minolta Hi-Matic 7sll

Minolta Hi-Matic FP

Minolta Hi-Matic 7s

Minolta Hi-Matic 9

Fuji GW690ll

(Not technically rangefinders but a rangefinder has been added sooo...)

Agfa Isolette ll w/Prazisa rangefinder

Holga 120N w/Watameter rangefinder

I haven't sold a lot but when I do I prefer PayPal.

As Mr. Schaefer said, face to face and cash sounds nice but their could be a certain amount of danger involved, especially if it is a high priced and desirable piece of equipment.

As far as Craigslist and cash, well that is a recipe for disaster.

Wow, a Hasselblad and a Deardorff!! Way too rich for my blood!! LOL

But I did buy a Gossen Pilot 2 so there's that...

Seriously though, Best of luck and hope you get both.

To begin with I am far from being a Professional Photographer but I have been doing this photo thing for over 50 years. I love landscape photography so being stuck home kind of makes that problematic, my house plants are planning to revolt soon.

I spend a lot of time learning Lightroom...finally, and listening to music. One song in particular that struck a chord with me as to how it was "before" but also encompasses "now" and what will return to be is this:

I will be 70 in July and retired on Dec. 31st hoping to finally devote much more time to photography but will just have to stay healthy and wait it out. Sucks but that's life!

<p>Well Rodeo Joe, since I have owned this lens for 26 years I'm pretty sure I've taken at least one picture with it.<br>

Does it bother you that I am curious as to why this lens has an extra letter? No, I don't believe that it will affect the picture quality I just posted this question to get dumb replies like yours cuz' that's what I live for.</p>

<p>Thanks for the info Dave! I will definitely check it out.<br>

I also posted the question on the apug.org site and a fellow there also has an EEI 135 WF Ektar. His is 1242 which could be made in the same month theoretically since the numbers a so close. Hmmm... the plot thickens!</p>

<p>If someone went to all that trouble to engrave their or their company's moniker of sorts they sure did a nice job. So very close to the front cell seems just a bit risky, but stranger things have been done.<br>

Mis-engraved...nah, I like to think it's some sort of rarity that has been waiting to be discovered and when found and reported will bring it's owner fame and fortune! </p>

<p>Now just who do I report it to?</p>

<p>I have a 135mm f6.3 Wide Field Ektar. It is a 1948 model with a quirk. The serial number has three letters. E followed by a space and then EI with four numbers. I can't find nor have I ever seen another with three letters. Any ideas?<br>

Thanks.</p><div></div>

<p>I have had, for many years, an Ilex 6 inch f3.5 Seminat lens w/ 16 aperture blades, no shutter. Does anyone know anything about it? Google has not been helpful at all, nor ebay, or anywhere else I have looked.<br>

Thanks!!</p>