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Crazy world of Leica (1 Viewer)

Binastro

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In June a Leica 0 camera sold for 12 million euros or 17 million euros with premium and VAT.

A few years ago a Leica 0 sold for the bargain basement price of $2 million.

It wouldn't surprise me if a Leica 0 was found at a boot fair for £10.

A friend bought a Compur Leica for £60.

I don't know if any binocular has sold for as much as £100,000.

Strange world.

Regards,
B.
 
One of the most expensive bino ever sold: an early example of Carl Zeiss deck-mounted 8x60, being only one of two known.
Price: about 70000 eur.
Here is a link (and a youtube video) with info on a later example of this bino, four of which are known to exist (Price: undisclosed). The Zeiss has a removable&adjustable rubber headrest (about 85 years before Swaro NL) that also includes an adaptor for illuminating the reticle. Also the length of the extra metal tubes (with integrated objective caps!) is impressive---is preventing glare their only purpose? A beautiful instrument!

http://www.gjaltkemp-scheepsantiek....arl-zeiss-deck-mounted-binoculars-detail.html

 
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Money won't make you a better photographer!!
I've sold ALL my camera gear recently, except tripods, and lighting aids, and ONLY use my phone now... it's completely changed my take on photography, and I've never enjoyed it more.
Expensive gear just naffs me off, because you always feel that for the expense, the photo should be better, and you start examining the photos, as opposed to looking at them for what they are..... just a captured moment in time.
When you get a great photo with a phone, it's amazing, and folk just can't believe it was on a mobile.
 
Money won't make you a better photographer!!
I've sold ALL my camera gear recently, except tripods, and lighting aids, and ONLY use my phone now... it's completely changed my take on photography, and I've never enjoyed it more.
Expensive gear just naffs me off, because you always feel that for the expense, the photo should be better, and you start examining the photos, as opposed to looking at them for what they are..... just a captured moment in time.
When you get a great photo with a phone, it's amazing, and folk just can't believe it was on a mobile.
Similar for me, slimmed down to a couple of Zeiss loxia and a trioplan 100mm. Use my phone 99% of the time.

I think the craziest lens I've ever seen was in the Hasselblad shop off Old St in London maybe 30 years ago. Huge 6x6 medium format 1200mm.
An 8mm nikon I tried in a shop near London Bridge Station was also bizarre, but at least I could hold it.
 
Expensive gear just naffs me off, because you always feel that for the expense, the photo should be better, and you start examining the photos, as opposed to looking at them for what they are..... just a captured moment in time.
Agreed with "a captured moment in time". Actual phones are great for this.

But a photo can be more than this, or rather different from this. Or a photo can be taken on difficult light moments. Also, maybe a bride would want some professional photos (maybe). And so on…
 
Zeiss made a 50mm f/0.7 for NASA for Hassleblad in the 1960s.
Ten were built, one remaining at Zeiss.
They were used for photos of the far side of the Moon.
Three or more were used for making a movie using the light of one candle, Barry Lyndon I think.

Prof Charles Wynne designed the 50mm f/0.71 for Wray about 1951.
A slightly longer version was used for mass TB photography on 35mm film in the U.K. in the 1950s.
I had my photo taken with one.
I think he also designed an f/0.57.

I have several Den Oude Delft f/0.75 Rayxars in different focal lengths.

They were made up to 250mm f0.75.

I have seen a 14 inch U.S. made f/0.75 with 19 inch front element.

B.
 
I have seen the 2,000mm Astro Berlin lens in a London shop.
I tried to buy it but he wouldn't sell.
They were made in f/10 and f/11 versions.

I have a 2,000mm f/14 Zoomar. It is awful.
Also the Pentax 1,000mm f/8. Very average.

Leitz made a lens about 3,400mm focal length for cross channel photography.

Horace Dall used his 900,000mm Dall Kirkham set up for photos of the planet Mercury using his atmospheric dispersion corrector.

B.
 
The Signal Corps in the U.S. in the 1950s used a 100 inch or 2540mm refractor lens for photography usually from 20 to 55 miles..
It split in two and took two men to fix onto its heavy tripod.
The front element was 9.5 inches across.
The lens elements were mainly Kodak. It was about 88 inches long.

It was used normally with infra red film to cut through haze.

It was I think classified at the time.

However, for aerial photography both Japan and the U.S. used 100 inch lenses and some U.S. lenses are longer.

British lenses include the Ross 60 inch f/8. I have the 50 inch f/8, which is very good.

B.
 
Money won't make you a better photographer!!
I've sold ALL my camera gear recently, except tripods, and lighting aids, and ONLY use my phone now... it's completely changed my take on photography, and I've never enjoyed it more.
Expensive gear just naffs me off, because you always feel that for the expense, the photo should be better, and you start examining the photos, as opposed to looking at them for what they are..... just a captured moment in time.
When you get a great photo with a phone, it's amazing, and folk just can't believe it was on a mobile.
YAWN...
 
Zeiss made a 50mm f/0.7 for NASA for Hassleblad in the 1960s.
Ten were built, one remaining at Zeiss.
They were used for photos of the far side of the Moon.
Three or more were used for making a movie using the light of one candle, Barry Lyndon I think.

Prof Charles Wynne designed the 50mm f/0.71 for Wray about 1951.
A slightly longer version was used for mass TB photography on 35mm film in the U.K. in the 1950s.
I had my photo taken with one.
I think he also designed an f/0.57.

I have several Den Oude Delft f/0.75 Rayxars in different focal lengths.

They were made up to 250mm f0.75.

I have seen a 14 inch U.S. made f/0.75 with 19 inch front element.

B.
But what has that to do with "LEICA"/... The key word is leica being in a leica Forum and not a ZEISS..Right..?
 
The Signal Corps in the U.S. in the 1950s used a 100 inch or 2540mm refractor lens for photography usually from 20 to 55 miles..
It split in two and took two men to fix onto its heavy tripod.
The front element was 9.5 inches across.
The lens elements were mainly Kodak. It was about 88 inches long.

It was used normally with infra red film to cut through haze.

It was I think classified at the time.

However, for aerial photography both Japan and the U.S. used 100 inch lenses and some U.S. lenses are longer.

British lenses include the Ross 60 inch f/8. I have the 50 inch f/8, which is very good.

B.
Are we talking Leica like in the Leica forum..? Awesome
 
Money won't make you a better photographer!!
I've sold ALL my camera gear recently, except tripods, and lighting aids, and ONLY use my phone now... it's completely changed my take on photography, and I've never enjoyed it more.
Expensive gear just naffs me off, because you always feel that for the expense, the photo should be better, and you start examining the photos, as opposed to looking at them for what they are..... just a captured moment in time.
When you get a great photo with a phone, it's amazing, and folk just can't believe it was on a mobile.

Aaaah , but what about the satisfaction and pleasure of using and fondling a nice Camera or Binocular :D .
 
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