pgk Posted April 18, 2021 Share #141 Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) CITIES regulations are in place for good reason. Legally imported mahogany here in the UK is now VERY expensive due to the scarcity of legally importable wood. Exporting/importing such material is controlled and any without proper paperwork risks confiscation and fines for the exporter. It is possible to find legally imported wood (I have done so) locally which can then be used for restoration projects. I do not like having to point out the legal requirements but if we don't stick with them material such as Cuban Mahogany will become unavaiable from its natve country. The supplier that I use is here and you can read their statement too if you want: https://shop.exotichardwoods.co.uk/environmental.html - they say that in the USA the Lacey Act also applies. Edited April 18, 2021 by pgk typos (again) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pyrogallol Posted April 18, 2021 Share #142 Posted April 18, 2021 There is plenty of “brown” furniture available in secondhand shops or country auction houses that can be cut down and made into things. For some reason people these days don’t like old oak and other hardwood furniture, I quite like it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG Black nickel Posted April 19, 2021 Share #143 Posted April 19, 2021 Hello, I found some mahogany planks on a model ship website, they sell in different sizes, I ordered a piece of 100 cmx10cmx0,6 cm and some brass screws for model...and I already have some frosted glasses in my drawers...This construction will surely keep me busy for the next weeks... Philippe 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xícara de Café Posted April 20, 2021 Share #144 Posted April 20, 2021 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! My Contax III. The light meter still works and on a good day, it's only ever a stop out. The lens is great. 9 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! My Contax III. The light meter still works and on a good day, it's only ever a stop out. The lens is great. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185210'>More sharing options...
Pecole Posted April 20, 2021 Share #145 Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Xícara de Café said: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! My Contax III. The light meter still works and on a good day, it's only ever a stop out. The lens is great. Seeing this wondrful Contax III reminds me I managed to have at least one Carl Zeiss in my Fomtenelle Leica collection. Here is my former Contax I with 5cm f2 Tessar lens nº 1606650. I also had another one with the Tessar lens 5cm f2.8 nº 1345545, this time witk the nicely embossed leather Ever Ready Case. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrogallol Posted April 20, 2021 Share #146 Posted April 20, 2021 My Leica repair man gave me two Contax bodies, both only useful for spare parts. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185424'>More sharing options...
willeica Posted April 20, 2021 Share #147 Posted April 20, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2 hours ago, Pyrogallol said: My Leica repair man gave me two Contax bodies, both only useful for spare parts. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! My repair guy is still struggling with my Super Nettel, something about two pieces of very thin ribbon. That Zeiss/Contax metal blinds shutter was an absolute disaster. It was much more sophisticated than the Leica shutter, but the canvas shutter on the Leica was much easier to maintain and repair. There is a lesson for all designers in there somewhere. William 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranquilo67 Posted April 21, 2021 Share #148 Posted April 21, 2021 Ok, let's go with the Contaxes. Here you have my 3 samples all of them post-war (Color Dial, BD and IIIa) and all of them recently service by a former Contax service. I was very lucky for finding that service in Madrid, so I serviced all of them before they could get retired (the usual reference for servicing these has a 7 year wait list). Even the light meter in the IIIa is spot on 🙂. The black dial has an unusual 35mm 3.5 Planar. Take care, Augusto Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185883'>More sharing options...
romanus53 Posted April 21, 2021 Share #149 Posted April 21, 2021 The Contax are sophisticated cameras outside and a little bit overengineered inside Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185948'>More sharing options...
willeica Posted April 21, 2021 Share #150 Posted April 21, 2021 My father's Super Baldina has appeared here before with its original Meyer Gorling 5cm f2.9 lens. Now I have fitted it with a spare 5cm f3.5 Leitz Elmar which I have left over after my Kochmann Korelle K episode and I will run a roll of Fomapan 100 through it. Heresy though it may seem, I would be surprised if the Leitz lens is better than the Meyer lens, which is very good. I will post some pictures, maybe on a separate thread, when the roll is finished. The only thing I have to get used to with this camera every time I use it is the clutch for wind on, which, if not properly used, can lead to double exposures or missing frames. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! William 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! William ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185960'>More sharing options...
zeitz Posted April 21, 2021 Share #151 Posted April 21, 2021 18 minutes ago, romanus53 said: a little bit overengineered inside As one of the greatest automotive innovators, Colin Chapman, once said "simplicate and add lightness". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanus53 Posted April 21, 2021 Share #152 Posted April 21, 2021 vor 5 Minuten schrieb zeitz: As one of the greatest automotive innovators, Colin Chapman, once said "simplicate and add lightness". aggree, know what you mean 😉 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185971'>More sharing options...
willeica Posted April 21, 2021 Share #153 Posted April 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, zeitz said: As one of the greatest automotive innovators, Colin Chapman, once said "simplicate and add lightness". An innovator certainly, but some men paid the ultimate price for his innovations. William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted April 21, 2021 Share #154 Posted April 21, 2021 Just now, romanus53 said: aggree, know what you mean 😉 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! They are the tapes my repair guy is struggling with. William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanus53 Posted April 21, 2021 Share #155 Posted April 21, 2021 vor 1 Minute schrieb willeica: They are the tapes my repair guy is struggling with. William Problem is to get the correct tension on these ribbons, first curtain is running on them, second curtain is closed by them Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! perhaps next time I'll be successful with it 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! perhaps next time I'll be successful with it ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185977'>More sharing options...
romanus53 Posted April 21, 2021 Share #156 Posted April 21, 2021 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318752-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar-english-version/?do=findComment&comment=4185982'>More sharing options...
roydonian Posted April 21, 2021 Share #157 Posted April 21, 2021 In his 1955 book 'Miniature and precision cameras', Lipinski described the Contax shutter as "a masterpiece of misplaced ingenuity". 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted April 21, 2021 Share #158 Posted April 21, 2021 26 minutes ago, willeica said: An innovator certainly, but some men paid the ultimate price for his innovations. F1 racing was a dangerous sport. But Lotus did not stand out as being anymore dangerous. Over the period Lotus raced in F1, 5 drivers were killed in Lotus, 5 drivers were killed in Ferraris and 5 drivers were killed in Coopers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted April 21, 2021 Share #159 Posted April 21, 2021 58 minutes ago, zeitz said: F1 racing was a dangerous sport. But Lotus did not stand out as being anymore dangerous. Over the period Lotus raced in F1, 5 drivers were killed in Lotus, 5 drivers were killed in Ferraris and 5 drivers were killed in Coopers. I remember all of that, including Le Mans in 1955 and Von Trips at Monza in 1961 etc , etc Then later on there were others eg Rindt, Peterson. Yes, Chapman was an innovator, but nobody listened until Jackie Stewart took a stand. It has been a long haul since then. Motor racing is still dangerous, but if the Bottas and Russell crash last Sunday at Imola had occurred in the 1960s one or both of the drivers would now be dead. Chapman innovated but did he do the right innovations? As for Contax they are another example of why we should be wary about innovations. William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrogallol Posted April 21, 2021 Share #160 Posted April 21, 2021 5 hours ago, tranquilo67 said: Ok, let's go with the Contaxes. Here you have my 3 samples all of them post-war (Color Dial, BD and IIIa) and all of them recently service by a former Contax service. I was very lucky for finding that service in Madrid, so I serviced all of them before they could get retired (the usual reference for servicing these has a 7 year wait list). Even the light meter in the IIIa is spot on 🙂. The black dial has an unusual 35mm 3.5 Planar. Take care, Augusto Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I just bought a 35mm f3.5 Planar. I am using my Contax lenses on Nikon rangefinder bodies as I sold my two Contax bodies thinking that the Nikon’s are more reliable. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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