marknorton Posted November 30, 2013 Share #41 Posted November 30, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) The box I would really like to see, so rare that it will surely become a prized exhibit in any Leica box collection is that of the R to M adapter. Rumour has it they exist, but probably not in this universe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wlaidlaw Posted November 30, 2013 Share #42 Posted November 30, 2013 The box I would really like to see, so rare that it will surely become a prized exhibit in any Leica box collection is that of the R to M adapter. Rumour has it they exist, but probably not in this universe... Mark, That is because like the Bitcoin both the box and R to M adapter are “Virtual Items” and may never be tangible. Prospective owners can only acquire the adapter by solving the P versus NP problem. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted November 30, 2013 Share #43 Posted November 30, 2013 Recently I talked to a Leica spokesman and asked him why they didn't deliver the adapter. He told me, they had 57,867 adapters in the attic, but they couldn't send them out, because - guess what... they had no boxes. The boxing trouble is caused by a severe fight between two parties at Solms which broke out in September last year. One party says: we must use an R-box as the adapter can be used only for R-lenses. The other party will never accept any R-box and maintains it must be an M-box, as it adapts to the M-bayonet. There is a lot of propaganda spread on both sides, one talking of broken promises and their obligations to loyal R-users - the other declaring the R-system dead and that they will fight for the future of adaequate solutions. Unfortunately the fight is not only fought verbally, but some severe incidents led to an aggravation. During holidays when the R-box-party seemed to be weak, some M-box partisans boxed a load of adapters by their own standards and tried to get them out of Solms. But the coup was discovered by R-boxers and they kidnapped the whole delivery, unboxed all adapters and burned the M-boxes at Karlsmunt-hill, which is on top of the old Leitz factory at Wetzlar: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/landschaft-reise/73000-bilderraetsel-kennst-du-deutschland-600.html#post2561271 (on the photo you see the light from the fire in the background of Karlsmunt-tower). This incident caused the management to look for a settlement. First they tried to box the adapters neutrally at Boxconn in the Shenzhen-region in China. But the central comittee of the Chinese communist party intervened and forbid the boxing, saying they would never again allow imperialist influence to stifle another boxer rebellion on their territory. Now Mr. Kaufmann is loooking for a diplomatic solution. His idea is that the adapter might be boxed in Sinar boxes which both combatting sides could live with. So he acquired the Sinar company and round table negotiations are going on at the moment, if Sinar should use some other boxes for items they could not sell (they have enough) or if they should construct a new box according to the Leica guidelines. The latter seems to be improbable since it would again rise the question, whether the Sinarian box should follow the R-box-tradition or whether it should look into the future of M-box-solutions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldh Posted November 30, 2013 Share #44 Posted November 30, 2013 As to boxes and cameras, my grandfather bought a box camera at auction in around 1920. He tried to take it back because it "didn't have any works". True story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyalf Posted November 30, 2013 Share #45 Posted November 30, 2013 Rick! I'm concerned about the open-up time of the Typ 240 box. It is a real deal breaker for me. Those claiming that this is a problem should simply open the box before starting shooting and leave it open. Box endurance is pretty good anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 2, 2013 Share #46 Posted December 2, 2013 As to boxes and cameras, my grandfather bought a box camera at auction in around 1920. He tried to take it back because it "didn't have any works". True story. I left my 8x10 Deardorff at a colleague's place and later he had several of his university students over for a casual. He put the Deardorff on the table and popped off the back. There arose surprised exclamations of "It's empty!", "How can it work?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted December 2, 2013 Share #47 Posted December 2, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) My 2½ year grandson is very puzzled by the tiny upside down people, who walk on the ceiling and live inside my Graflex. He keeps rushing round the front to look for them through the lens. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 2, 2013 Share #48 Posted December 2, 2013 Too cute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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