1/2 cent worth wrt #2;
Lately I haven't been watching closely, the price seems low but it doesn't
sound like a fang by any means.
An APO Schneider 210 BIN $599
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2964453997&category=30076
KEH will sell you an E Sinar F for $599. The bits and pieces included with a
LF camera affect the price so much that I don't think I can judge the prices
that well.
In case you don't have the Schneider links ...
http://www.schneideroptics.com/info/age_of_lenses/
http://www.schneideroptics.com/info/vintage_lens_data/large_format_lenses/symmar-s/data/1,5,6-210mm.html
I'm a wimp ... I use a Horseman VHR with 6x9 roll film backs. That's the
closest I expect to get to LF. The longest lens I've got is a 180mm. The
Horseman could only marginally handle a 210mm. You might not be shooting 4x5
but surely you've been shooting 6x9 ... Maybe a 6x12 roll film back on that
4x5 ...
-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Two questions
> First question:
>
> Over the weekend, I decided I wanted to shoot with a different
> type of film than the 36-exp. roll of Provia 400 I had just loaded
> into an OM-4T. Instead of simply getting an empty body, which
> would have taken all of two minutes, I decided just to rewind the
> Provia and reload with NPH. I don't recall ever doing this
> before, although I may have and just forgot about it, but I
> cranked a bit too zealously and wound the leader completely back
> into the cassette.
>
> Yesterday, after dropping off three rolls of NPH at the wrong
> place, I paid a visit to the neighborhood camera shop, intending
> to get one of those doohickies that extract film leaders from
> cassettes. I was flabbergasted to find that the thing costs
> $19.95! I'll throw away the $7 roll of Provia before I'll pay 20
> bucks, plus tax, for something I may never use again.
>
> Is there another way, some ingenious trick, to get the leader back
> out? And if so, I don't want to hear about it if it's more than
> $10 worth of trouble. I've got lots of Provia in the fridge. And
> I suppose I could always go back to the store, hat and film in
> hand, and admit I'm incompetent and see if they'll fish it out for
> me.
>
> Second question:
>
> In the used camera section, there's a Sinar F2 with a 210/5.6
> Schneider Symmar-S. Both appear to be in excellent condition, and
> the asking price for the pair is $995. I am tempted, particularly
> since I already have some pretty good 4x5 lenses that I use with
> my 6x9 Graflexes: 65/8 Super Angulon, 90/8 Caltar, and a 150/5.6
> Symmar-S. With these lenses and the 210, that would make a pretty
> decent kit for landscape and old, dilapidated building
> photography, two of my favorite subjects.
>
> Anybody got an opinion about this deal? A bit of hemming and
> hawing and haggling may get the price down, or it may not. I
> haven't shot 4x5 in years, and it's really tempting. While some
> are stampeding toward digital, looks like I'm sauntering off in
> the opposite direction. Not too surprising, really.
>
> Oh, and in the bargain bin, there was a metal Olympus lens hood.
> If I recall right, it was for a 35/2.8, and it was priced at
> $6.95. If anybody's interested, I'll pick it up for you.
>
> Walt
>
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