NEED HELP!!! 35mm camera

[venchka]

Print the description and take it with you. NEGOTIATE! You have no proof that the thing works. If it needs work, it won't be cheap. The shutters haven't been made in ages-no parts. New bellows are $100 installed. They can look perfect and leak like a sieve.

If i had found it I would be using it now. I'm a sucker for old cameras.

You aren't paying attention. Negotiate! It can't hurt to try. If it's a Bessa II keep it. Use it. When you see 6x9 negatives you'll throw rocks at 35mm negatives. Youxin Ye will fix the Leica for less than a Bessa overhaul.

venchka added 7 Minutes and 44 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

Originally Posted by t3hx

so for $75 you guys think I should pick it up for that price? I dont mind restoring it
maybe even flip it... to get my leica fixxed

You don't know if it's real. You don't know if it works. Those two things should act in your favor to reduce the price.

[t3hx]

Negotiate for less then $75 huh?

[venchka]

Originally Posted by t3hx

Negotiate for less then $75 huh?

I think that's what I meant when I said not over $50 if you don't know that it's working. And do your homework. We provided lots of links.

If you score a Leica and a Bessa for a little over $100 in a week, you will be declared The Man!

The business end of a Bessa, don't know if it's a I or a II.



another Bessa and it lives in Texas......



and a $5 Bessa

[t3hx]

well ill try to be "the man"

I bought a litterally mint Ae1 for $20... and when i say mint i mean there wasnt a scratch on it... and i know ae1s are common... but not like this one...

[venchka]

You will have to show us all of your loot. And pictures from them.

[t3hx]

sure thing... but my only digital is a sony alpha 100 :)

[venchka]

Well???????????????????????????????

We're waiting.

[t3hx]

Well i just got off of work... and i guess im the man...

bessa II in serious need of a cleaning for $55

the billows look great... the lens needs to be cleaned... but the actual outter part i guess leathery stuff is very fragile

but the ever ready case was included... soooo... i didnt do too bad

[venchka]

Good for you. Call Jurgen, the certo6 links above, and talk about getting it stabilized and working properly. If it's properly cleaned, the lens is capable of stunning performance.

You'll be all set: Two classics. One small and one big.