pico Posted August 19, 2018 Share #1 Posted August 19, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) google 202400305812 - from bottom of lake Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jerzy Posted August 19, 2018 Share #2 Posted August 19, 2018 Interesting and unusual. At least looks genuine and not upgraded. Unusual is that aluminum does not show any corrosion, I would expect that being under water for decades it will be. Is the Zurich lake so contaminate that aluminum does not corrodes? Can it be restored as seller suggests? Probably yes, but one would need another contemporary camera as a donor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted August 19, 2018 Share #3 Posted August 19, 2018 Looks genuine even down to the screws on the base which seem to be 32mm apart, as they should be. I agree with Jerzy that restoration would be difficult and would not be possible without a donor body. The condition of the lens is also important and it is difficult to judge this. What would really help the value of this would be some provenance, such as the story about how the camera came to be in the lake. William Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 19, 2018 Share #4 Posted August 19, 2018 The early submersible Barnack models weren't as waterproof as might have been hoped. They needed a miniature bathysphere to prove effective. Pete. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted August 20, 2018 Share #5 Posted August 20, 2018 .... What would really help the value of this would be some provenance, such as the story about how the camera came to be in the lake. William Indeed, it would be very interesting to know the story behind… it can be a trivial accident of a tourist that lost its camera during a trip on the lake… but there could even be some little (or not so little) drama around… hum… difficult to investigate… but the timeframe isn't too wide… a patient search on local newspapers abut drownings in the lake… Has some Swiss member the will to… ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrogallol Posted August 20, 2018 Share #6 Posted August 20, 2018 Its up to £240 with 2 days to go ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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