Not surprising really - an Alpa body is also just an "aluminium bit".
Something to attach the lens and the back to.
The body doesn't contain anything, so there's no cavity or "box" -
just a plate :-)
Dawid
On 09 Jan 2012, at 9:58 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Not long before the auction closed, I sent through the eBay questions
> process, a question to Photo and Video asking where the body was.
>
> Greg the owner didn't realise how it was that was asking ... :-)
> (I've known him and dealt with him for more than 30 years)
>
> Here's his somewhat amazing response ...
> ......................................
>
> Actually it is the aluminium bit at the front left as you look at the
> picture. The body is nearly nothing, as it is just a block to put the
> ground glass screen or film back on, and on the other side goes the
> lens.
> Each lens has an individual focus helicoil, and it relies on either
> having
> masses of DOF or using the ground glass. As it happens there has
> been a
> complication with the sale. The owner is a famous ( in New Zealand )
> photographer called Andris Apse, a few folk want his stuff to be
> placed in
> a museum and all kept together so we have had to withdraw the lot
> whilst it
> is sorted out. We may well re-list it soon. It cost Andris $25,000
> USD to
> have it all made a few years ago, obviously they doesn't want that
> much for
> it, but we will re-list it as soon as they decide. Search his web
> site and
> look at his images, he is a perfectionist. I will try and remember
> to let
> you know when we re-list. Cheers, Greg.
> .....................................
>
> Brian Swale.
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