Weird, Odd, and Unlikely Lenses - Recommendations Please

[Christopher Mark Perez]

Rotflol!!!

bob, didn't you know that anyone who mentions an auction site by name on this forum will die? That means you.

Regrets,

dan

[Mark Sawyer]

What happens if you look in a mirror and say "ebay" three times?

[Dan Fromm]

What happens if you look in a mirror and say "ebay" three times?

Try it. You won't like what happens.

[Louis Pacilla]

What happens if you look in a mirror and say "ebay" three times?

Hey brother Mark
I dare you to do it, do it, do it, do it, do it,do it, do it, do it, do it,do it, do it, do it, do it,do it, do it, do it, do it!

We'll wait to hear back from you,we hope...

[Mark Sawyer]

Well, I tried it, and some guy who looked like Michael Keaton in a striped suit appeared in a puff of smoke and sold me a "rare and valuable, Dallmeyer?" Petzval lens that turned out to be an un-named Rapid Rectilinear missing the back element...

[Dan Fromm]

Well, I tried it, and some guy who looked like Michael Keaton in a striped suit appeared in a puff of smoke and sold me a "rare and valuable, Dallmeyer?" Petzval lens that turned out to be an un-named Rapid Rectilinear missing the back element...

I told you you wouldn't like it.

[Bob Salomon]

Well, I tried it, and some guy who looked like Michael Keaton in a striped suit appeared in a puff of smoke and sold me a "rare and valuable, Dallmeyer?" Petzval lens that turned out to be an un-named Rapid Rectilinear missing the back element...

Missing the back element isn’t always that rare.

When we took over the distribution of Rodenstock from Berkey we took over all of the inventory that Berkey had. I had the job of opening each and every lens and inspecting them, neither we or the factory trusted Berkey’s description of the lenses. We found several with fingerprints on the front, rear and sometimes on the back element when the group was unscrewed from the shutter. All of these were sent to the factory.
But then I found a boxed 360 Sironar N MC whose box was markedly lighter then the other 360s. Opening the box I found a Copal 3 shutter with the front group in the front of the shutter and nothing in back! The entire rear group was missing!

Then there was also a 210 Sironar N MC with a 180mm rear group in the shutter boxed and packages as a 210!

Both of these were also returned to the factory. It was a very interesting 2 days!

[Dan Fromm]

What? You still here?

[J. Patric Dahlen]

Why not just say eBay? Unless you mean a different one.

That place is considered evil by some, comparable to a certain software company or the name of a scottish play one should never say in a theatre.

Lol. Well well well . . . I think the vagueness is to limit auto flags for promotion and advertising or selling.

And that too!

[Louis Pacilla]

Well, I tried it, and some guy who looked like Michael Keaton in a striped suit appeared in a puff of smoke and sold me a "rare and valuable, Dallmeyer?" Petzval lens that turned out to be an un-named Rapid Rectilinear missing the back element...