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[OM] Re: Comrades. (OT)

Subject: [OM] Re: Comrades. (OT)
From: Steve Goss <stevegoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:33:56 -0500
So, what are the sizes on those lenses? And are you planning on mounting 
an OM flange on one of those turret openings?

Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa

R.Jackson wrote:

> I recently bought a Russian Konvas 1M off the dreaded auction site. The 
> seller was in Seoul and had no feedback history, so I was skeptical. I 
> emailed him and told him as much and he suggested we use escrow.com to 
> hold the money until I had the camera and was happy with it. It arrived 
> this afternoon and I'm frankly amazed. This is a 50-year-old Russian 
> 35mm motion picture camera kit with five magazines and six prime lenses 
> and it looks like it's never been used. The rubber around the 
> viewfinder seems to have deteriorated and been sliced off, but other 
> than that it's like I'm holding a brand new camera. There's even an 
> owner's manual and a booklet of lens tests that have been signed-off by 
> the tester and then stamped with a government seal. For $680 I think I 
> did alright. Here are some (crappy digital) photos of it all that I 
> shot in the back yard a little while ago.
> 
> http://www.conventicle.com/konvas01.jpg
> http://www.conventicle.com/konvas02.jpg
> http://www.conventicle.com/konvas03.jpg
> http://www.conventicle.com/konvas04.jpg
> http://www.conventicle.com/konvas05.jpg



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