The recent Leica diversion on the MIT Atlantis thread just triggered an idea... and although off topic, not by far considering the Riv & film photography connection and my proposed arrangement:
For those of you that shoot film and/or collect cameras/Leica stuff, anyone interested in buying a Leica/Leitz Summicron-C 40mm f2 lens through purchase and exchange of a Rivendell gift certificate? My bike budget has completely dried up and I haven't placed a new order with Riv in over year (aside from a recent hail mary.) I have a few simmering ideas but no funds to execute so I'm now thinking it's time to let this lens go to help fund some future bike projects and further support Riv at the same time. A Riv gift certificate combined with my hail mary and remaining rivendollars would be a huge help and keep the funds earmarked for a Riv project rather than get siphoned for other necessary expenses. The lens is originally for the Leica/Minolta collab CL camera from the 80's but fits several other M mount bodies (although framelines may not be exact for those not specd for 40mm lenses.) I don't have a CL camera body (or any other M mount for that matter) to go with it and although I intended to obtain one years ago my interest in film faded and the project fell to the wayside. I also became concerned about investing in an older CL body and then discovered Voigtlander Bessa R3 models feature 40mm framelines and 1:1 magnification which I thought would have made a great combo but was still out of my league and just never came to fruition. As previously noted, I never got back into shooting film like I had thought and just don't see it happening anytime soon with limited time/funds having recently become a first time father (8 months now) but if I ever do manage it I still have a couple old mechanical, fixed lens rangefinders and a Minolta X-700 to mess around with. I won't attempt to rate the condition of the lens having never used it and being far from an expert on such matters but it's clean with no cosmetic or structural damage and has been safely stored indoors with caps on both ends and comes with retractable rubber lens hood and a 5.5 series filter.) I actually found the lens years ago sitting on a park bench next to a lake I regularly fished when I lived nearby. I was unsuccessful in finding the owner who had unfortunately left it behind that day and even kept an eye out for anyone shooting with a camera every time I fished or visited that part of the park thereafter. I eventually brought the lens to a local camera shop but they had no record of it in their system through serial # and was otherwise unable to arrange an amicable sale or trade (although they had several CL bodies available they seemed highly overpriced and they had no interest in offering any credit for trading any of my other cameras or equipment to offset some of the cost of a CL body to go with the lens.) I've searched ebay (sold listings, not asking prices) and found the same exact lenses selling for $400-$700+ I'm asking $300 in form of a Riv gift certificate and I'll cover shipping. No photos available at the moment but I'll upload a couple later and/or will provide pics directly to anyone upon request. Also open to other offers/interesting trades. Thanks, Brian Cole Lawrenceville, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
