PJ, Well, not many people know that Herman Gouring made a secret trip to Japan in 1943. He shared lens and ariel photography expertise with the Japanese. I have a special Asahiflex camera that he was given to commorate the visit. My Uncle Bill acquired it when he served with US Army Counter Intelligence in Germany (Bavaria?) after the war. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:06 AM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bob you're looking at it the wrong way! Pentax is like Leica now. Too bad > the Russians didn't make a decent copy, and the Luftwaffe didn't buy Asahi. > > > On 10/3/2010 9:58 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> Great danger of fraud on these, especially at a $2000 price! >> And a ebayer who calls himself Coopiecat ! ? ? ? >> I have a collection of 'post' Ashiflex bodies, collected cheap on ebay. >> Most do not show the wear of these. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> 2010/10/3 Michel Carrère-Gée<michel.carrere-...@orange.fr>: >>> >>> Le 03/10/2010 15:35, Michel Carrère-Gée a écrit : >>>> >>>> Unusual Spotmatic prototype on Ebay (2,000 $ !!) >>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270644059840 >>>> - Logo "eye", no AoCo >>>> - No name "SP" on top >>>> - Serial number on the back >>>> - No switch for manual use >>>> Other Spotmatic Motor Drive prototype: >>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270644059460 >>>> >>>> See links for large images. >>>> >>>> Michel >>>> >>> Other: >>> - Logo and "Spotmatic" green tinted >>> - Screw on the right flank >>> - Apparent device in the viewfinder (cell?) >>> - Screw-mount set from the front (4 screws, such as SPF) >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> > > > -- > "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed > moral bankruptcy." > -Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
